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Riff Tone
Hold On
John Lennon
Guitarblues1970s
Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Casino (1965, sunburst, hollowbody electric)
AmpFender Twin Reverb (Blackface, mid-late 1960s)
Amp Settings
gain3
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1970, Plastic Ono Band sessions. No evidence of pedals or additional effects used on this track. All tone is guitar → amp. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and typical Lennon studio setup for this album.
Tone Character(10)
warm and woodyslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and dynamicopen and airytouch-sensitivenatural tube compressionclear single notesmild breakup on strong attackno pedal colorationorganic, unprocessed sound
Difficulty
The riff requires fingerstyle technique and dynamic control to maintain the clean, touch-sensitive tone and groove, but does not involve complex chord voicings or fast passages.
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Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Casino (1965, sunburst, hollowbody electric)
AmpFender Twin Reverb (Blackface, mid-late 1960s)
Amp Settings
gain3
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1970, Plastic Ono Band sessions. No evidence of pedals or additional effects used on this track. All tone is guitar → amp. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and typical Lennon studio setup for this album.
Tone Character(10)
warm and woodyslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and dynamicopen and airytouch-sensitivenatural tube compressionclear single notesmild breakup on strong attackno pedal colorationorganic, unprocessed sound
Difficulty
The riff requires fingerstyle technique and dynamic control to maintain the clean, touch-sensitive tone and groove, but does not involve complex chord voicings or fast passages.