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Riff Tone
Look But You Can't Touch
Poison
Guitarrock1980s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1980s, as used by C.C. DeVille on 'Open Up and Say... Ahh!')
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (100W head, classic for 80s hair metal and Poison's studio work)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1988. No direct evidence of alternate guitars/amps for this riff section; Les Paul/Marshall stack is the documented Poison studio setup for this era.
Tone Character(10)
tight palm-muted chugsaggressive 80s rhythm crunchbright and cutting upper midsfull-bodied power chordssaturated but articulate attackhair metal riffing claritypunchy low endslightly scooped but present midsMarshall-style sizzlesustained chord ring
Difficulty
The riff requires solid palm muting and clean power chord transitions at a moderate tempo, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast lead work.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1980s, as used by C.C. DeVille on 'Open Up and Say... Ahh!')
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (100W head, classic for 80s hair metal and Poison's studio work)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass6
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1988. No direct evidence of alternate guitars/amps for this riff section; Les Paul/Marshall stack is the documented Poison studio setup for this era.
Tone Character(10)
tight palm-muted chugsaggressive 80s rhythm crunchbright and cutting upper midsfull-bodied power chordssaturated but articulate attackhair metal riffing claritypunchy low endslightly scooped but present midsMarshall-style sizzlesustained chord ring
Difficulty
The riff requires solid palm muting and clean power chord transitions at a moderate tempo, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast lead work.