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Riff Tone
I’m In the Mood (feat. Bonnie Raitt)
John Lee Hooker
Guitarblues1990s
Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone John Lee Hooker Sheraton
AmpUnknown tube combo amp (likely Fender or Gibson, model not specified for this session)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass6.5
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Notes
Studio recording, released 1990 on 'The Healer'; no direct evidence of pedals or amp model for this track. Gear inferred from signature models and era. No evidence of live rig for this song.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothslightly gritty edge-of-breakupwoody, resonant midrangerounded highstouch-sensitive responseopen and naturalminimal compressionclear note separationorganic sustaindynamic fingerstyle articulation
Difficulty
The riff requires moderate fingerstyle technique and dynamic control to achieve the touch-sensitive, slightly gritty tone, but is otherwise straightforward in terms of note choice and tempo.
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Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone John Lee Hooker Sheraton
AmpUnknown tube combo amp (likely Fender or Gibson, model not specified for this session)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass6.5
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Notes
Studio recording, released 1990 on 'The Healer'; no direct evidence of pedals or amp model for this track. Gear inferred from signature models and era. No evidence of live rig for this song.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothslightly gritty edge-of-breakupwoody, resonant midrangerounded highstouch-sensitive responseopen and naturalminimal compressionclear note separationorganic sustaindynamic fingerstyle articulation
Difficulty
The riff requires moderate fingerstyle technique and dynamic control to achieve the touch-sensitive, slightly gritty tone, but is otherwise straightforward in terms of note choice and tempo.