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Riff Tone

Girl All the Bad Guys Want

Bowling for Soup

Guitarpunk2000s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s/early 2000s, as used by Chris Burney in this era)
AmpMarshall JCM900 (most likely, based on era, genre, and typical pop-punk rigs; no direct source found for this song/recording)

Amp Settings

gain7
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2002. No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section. Gear inferred from era, genre, and typical Bowling for Soup setups. No evidence of pedals or effects beyond amp distortion and possible minimal reverb.

Tone Character(10)
tight and chunkyaggressive and saturatedarticulate attackbright and cuttingfull-bodied midrangepercussive rhythmmodern pop-punk clarityslight amp reverb for spacebridge pickup biteminimal muddiness

Difficulty

The riff is built on fast, palm-muted power chords with tight rhythm and aggressive picking, but does not require advanced techniques or complex chord voicings.

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