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Riff Tone

Gods of War

Def Leppard

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (Steve Clark and Phil Collen, 1987 studio recording)
AmpMarshall JCM800 (studio recording, Hysteria era)

Amp Settings

gain7.5
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1987. No direct evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the riff section. Gear inferred from Def Leppard's known Hysteria-era studio setup and genre conventions. No evidence of non-Les Paul guitars or non-Marshall amps for the main riff.

Tone Character(10)
tight, compressed rhythm crunchhigh-gain British amp saturationthick, harmonically rich power chordsprecise, palm-muted chugslayered, multi-tracked guitarsstudio-polished, processed soundarticulate attack with controlled sustain80s arena rock productionslightly scooped mids for claritydense, wall-of-sound rhythm texture

Difficulty

The riff requires tight, synchronized palm muting and dynamic control to maintain clarity in a dense, high-gain, multi-tracked studio mix. While not technically virtuosic, the production demands and rhythmic precision elevate the difficulty above basic rhythm playing.

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