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Solo Tone
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The xx
Guitarother2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (likely 1970s/80s MIJ or MIM, as seen in early live footage and consistent with Romy Madley Croft's gear for the debut album era)
AmpRoland Micro Cube (amp model with built-in digital effects, specifically reverb; confirmed by user reports and tonal match to studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5
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Notes
Studio recording, 2009 debut album. Gear based on early live footage, interviews, and forum consensus. No evidence of additional pedals beyond reverb for the clean solo section.
Tone Character(10)
very clean and glassybright and articulatelush, ambient reverbsingle notes ring out with claritysoft attack, fingerstyle playingslightly compressedno audible distortionminimalistic and spaciouswarm neck pickup characterno modulation or delay
Difficulty
The solo requires clean fingerstyle playing with careful note separation and dynamic control, but does not involve complex chords or fast passages.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (likely 1970s/80s MIJ or MIM, as seen in early live footage and consistent with Romy Madley Croft's gear for the debut album era)
AmpRoland Micro Cube (amp model with built-in digital effects, specifically reverb; confirmed by user reports and tonal match to studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2009 debut album. Gear based on early live footage, interviews, and forum consensus. No evidence of additional pedals beyond reverb for the clean solo section.
Tone Character(10)
very clean and glassybright and articulatelush, ambient reverbsingle notes ring out with claritysoft attack, fingerstyle playingslightly compressedno audible distortionminimalistic and spaciouswarm neck pickup characterno modulation or delay
Difficulty
The solo requires clean fingerstyle playing with careful note separation and dynamic control, but does not involve complex chords or fast passages.