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Riff Tone

Living A Lie

The Amazons

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (exact year/model unknown, but Chris Alderton is known for using a Telecaster in studio recordings for this era)
AmpVox AC30 (studio recording, 2018-2019 era, as used by The Amazons on 'Future Dust')

Amp Settings

gain7
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2018-2019. Chris Alderton (guitarist) is known to use a Fender Telecaster and Vox AC30 for main riff sections in this era. Pedalboard includes Fulltone OCD and JHS Muffuletta for distortion, with TC Electronic Flashback X4 for delay. No explicit evidence of other effects for this song's riff section.

Tone Character(10)
massive, saturated distortiontight and punchy attackmid-forward EQ for mix cutharmonically rich overtonesaggressive, driving rhythmmodern British rock crunchpercussive palm mutingslightly compressed dynamicsarticulate note separationcontrolled feedback on sustained notes

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate skill due to its tight, percussive rhythm, palm muting, and control of a high-gain, saturated tone without excessive noise.

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