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Riff Tone
Icky Thump
The White Stripes
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
Guitar1964 Airline Res-O-Glas
AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 60s/early 70s, studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 2007. Jack White used his Airline Res-O-Glas through a Fender Twin Reverb for the main riff. Multiple sources confirm the guitar and amp; some mention layering with additional amps, but the core riff tone is this setup.
Tone Character(10)
thick, synth-like fuzzmid-rangy punchaggressive attackcompressed and focusedoctave layering (up and down)raw, biting fuzz texturepronounced, cutting riffslightly scooped lowstight, percussive rhythmminimal ambience
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing and control of a heavily saturated fuzz/octave sound, but is not technically advanced in terms of speed or complex fingerings.
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Original Gear
Guitar1964 Airline Res-O-Glas
AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 60s/early 70s, studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass5.5
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2007. Jack White used his Airline Res-O-Glas through a Fender Twin Reverb for the main riff. Multiple sources confirm the guitar and amp; some mention layering with additional amps, but the core riff tone is this setup.
Tone Character(10)
thick, synth-like fuzzmid-rangy punchaggressive attackcompressed and focusedoctave layering (up and down)raw, biting fuzz texturepronounced, cutting riffslightly scooped lowstight, percussive rhythmminimal ambience
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing and control of a heavily saturated fuzz/octave sound, but is not technically advanced in terms of speed or complex fingerings.