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Riff Tone
I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
Guitarrock1960s
Original Gear
Guitar1963 Rickenbacker 325 Capri
AmpVox AC30
Amp Settings
gain2.5
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1963; John Lennon played rhythm on a Rickenbacker 325 through a Vox AC30. No pedals were used; all effects are from the amp or studio. George Harrison played a 1962 Gretsch Country Gentleman for lead, but the riff section is Lennon's clean rhythm part.
Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatejangly and chimeytight, percussive attackslightly compressedclear top endclassic British Invasion cleanlow output single-coil clarityminimal breakupdynamic response to pickingpunchy rhythm
Difficulty
The riff requires steady, energetic strumming and precise chord changes at a brisk tempo, but uses basic open and barre chords with no advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
Guitar1963 Rickenbacker 325 Capri
AmpVox AC30
Amp Settings
gain2.5
bass5.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1963; John Lennon played rhythm on a Rickenbacker 325 through a Vox AC30. No pedals were used; all effects are from the amp or studio. George Harrison played a 1962 Gretsch Country Gentleman for lead, but the riff section is Lennon's clean rhythm part.
Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatejangly and chimeytight, percussive attackslightly compressedclear top endclassic British Invasion cleanlow output single-coil clarityminimal breakupdynamic response to pickingpunchy rhythm
Difficulty
The riff requires steady, energetic strumming and precise chord changes at a brisk tempo, but uses basic open and barre chords with no advanced techniques.