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Riff Tone

If You Were There, Beware

Arctic Monkeys

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarGretsch Spectra Sonic Baritone
AmpFender Vibroverb (vintage) and Selmer amp (vintage), likely blended

Amp Settings

gain6
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2006-2007 (Favourite Worst Nightmare sessions). Guitar and amp confirmed by forum sources referencing the studio recording. Jamie Cook also used a Gibson ES-335 TDC for some parts, but the main riff is attributed to Alex Turner on the Gretsch baritone. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for this section.

Tone Character(10)
deep, heavy baritone registerfuzzy and saturatedwarm, thick midrangeslightly dark, mellow top enddistinct analog tremolo modulationtight, percussive attackclear note separationmodest amp reverbdynamic pick responsenot overly compressed

Difficulty

The riff requires tight timing, dynamic pick attack, and control over muting and note separation, especially with the heavy, modulated effects and baritone guitar.

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