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Riff Tone
Eyes Without a Face
Billy Idol
Guitarrock1980s
Original Gear
GuitarHamer SS signature (Steve Stevens) with humbuckers
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 head
Amp Settings
gain4.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1983 (Rebel Yell sessions). Gear confirmed for album via pedalboard photo and interviews. No evidence of alternate guitars/amps for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
lush and shimmeryclean and glassyexpansive stereo imagearticulate and clearminimal breakupchorus-modulatedwarm with subtle high-end sparklestudio-polisheddynamic and responsivedistinct modulation swirl
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, even playing with attention to dynamics and chord clarity, but no advanced techniques or fast passages.
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Original Gear
GuitarHamer SS signature (Steve Stevens) with humbuckers
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 head
Amp Settings
gain4.5
bass6
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1983 (Rebel Yell sessions). Gear confirmed for album via pedalboard photo and interviews. No evidence of alternate guitars/amps for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
lush and shimmeryclean and glassyexpansive stereo imagearticulate and clearminimal breakupchorus-modulatedwarm with subtle high-end sparklestudio-polisheddynamic and responsivedistinct modulation swirl
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, even playing with attention to dynamics and chord clarity, but no advanced techniques or fast passages.