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Solo Tone

I'm Still Standing

Elton John

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (likely 1970s-early 1980s, session guitar)
AmpMarshall JCM800 (studio recording, typical for 1980s British pop/rock sessions)

Amp Settings

gain5
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1982-1983, for the 'Too Low for Zero' album. No direct evidence for exact guitar/amp, but Telecaster and Marshall JCM800 are widely cited as session standards for this era and genre. No official rig rundown or session notes found for this specific solo.

Tone Character(10)
bright and cuttingcrunchy attackarticulate single-note claritymodest sustainslightly compressed80s pop/rock sheentight midrangenot heavily saturatedchorus shimmerstudio-processed

Difficulty

The solo is played at a brisk tempo with syncopated, melodic phrasing and requires clean articulation and timing, but does not involve advanced techniques or extreme speed.

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