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Riff Tone

I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock of Seagulls

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

Guitar1980s Burns Flyte (or possible Fender Stratocaster, see warnings)
AmpRoland Jazz Chorus JC-120 (likely, see warnings)

Amp Settings

gain4
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1982. Paul Reynolds is known for using a Burns Flyte and/or Fender Stratocaster with single-coil pickups. The Roland JC-120 is widely cited as the likely amp for the signature clean, chorus-laden new wave tones of the era, but no direct studio documentation is available for this specific track. No evidence of amp distortion; tone is clean and processed. See warnings for uncertainties.

Tone Character(10)
bright and glassyclean processed attackmodulated shimmerpronounced delay repeatstight and percussive rhythmarticulate highsslightly hollow Strat-like quacklush chorus texturepseudo-doubled soundpresent, cutting in the mix

Difficulty

The riff is not technically demanding in terms of speed or complex fingering, but requires tight timing with the delay, clean picking, and muting to achieve the signature rhythmic effect.

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