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Riff Tone
Exit Flagger
Guided By Voices
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
Guitar1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier half-stack
Amp Settings
gain6
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1993 (Bee Thousand sessions). Gear confirmed for Doug Gillard in this era, but no explicit confirmation for 'Exit Flagger' session. No direct evidence of alternate guitars/amps for this track. No live/tour variations included.
Tone Character(10)
gritty and rawmid-gain crunchlo-fi garage rock texturetight and percussive attackslightly compressedclear chord articulationmodest amp breakupdynamic response to pickingno excessive sustainunpolished, immediate feel
Difficulty
The riff requires energetic, accurate downstroke strumming and tight chord changes at a brisk tempo, but uses straightforward chord shapes and no advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
Guitar1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier half-stack
Amp Settings
gain6
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1993 (Bee Thousand sessions). Gear confirmed for Doug Gillard in this era, but no explicit confirmation for 'Exit Flagger' session. No direct evidence of alternate guitars/amps for this track. No live/tour variations included.
Tone Character(10)
gritty and rawmid-gain crunchlo-fi garage rock texturetight and percussive attackslightly compressedclear chord articulationmodest amp breakupdynamic response to pickingno excessive sustainunpolished, immediate feel
Difficulty
The riff requires energetic, accurate downstroke strumming and tight chord changes at a brisk tempo, but uses straightforward chord shapes and no advanced techniques.