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Riff Tone

Every Breath You Take

The Police

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (custom, 1961, with humbucker in neck and single-coil in bridge)
AmpFender Twin Reverb (blackface, early 1960s)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1982-1983, Synchronicity album. Andy Summers' main guitar for this track was his heavily modified 1961 Fender Telecaster with a Gibson neck humbucker and stock Tele bridge pickup. Amp was a Fender Twin Reverb for clean tones. Effects were run into the front of the amp. No evidence of effects loop use in studio.

Tone Character(10)
crystal-clear cleanlush chorus shimmertight, percussive attackambient, spatial delayslight compression for sustainbright and articulate highsrich, modulated texturestudio-polished claritydistinct, ringing chord voicingsno audible overdrive or breakup

Difficulty

The riff demands advanced chord voicings, precise picking, and tight synchronization with delay repeats, making it challenging for most intermediate players.

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