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Riff Tone
Love's a Deadly Weapon
Kiss
Guitarrock1980s
Original Gear
GuitarKramer Baretta (likely 1985 model, as used by Bruce Kulick on Asylum album)
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (100W head, typical for Kiss mid-80s studio recordings)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1985. No direct evidence for pedals or alternate amps for this riff; inferred from era, genre, and Bruce Kulick's known gear on Asylum. No evidence of effects loop or rack gear for riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingbright and articulatesaturated 80s hard rock crunchpunchy midrangefocused and compressedminimal ambiencebridge pickup claritycutting top endarticulate note separation
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, consistent alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, but uses straightforward power chord shapes and rhythm patterns typical of 80s hard rock.
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
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Original Gear
GuitarKramer Baretta (likely 1985 model, as used by Bruce Kulick on Asylum album)
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (100W head, typical for Kiss mid-80s studio recordings)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass6
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This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 1985. No direct evidence for pedals or alternate amps for this riff; inferred from era, genre, and Bruce Kulick's known gear on Asylum. No evidence of effects loop or rack gear for riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingbright and articulatesaturated 80s hard rock crunchpunchy midrangefocused and compressedminimal ambiencebridge pickup claritycutting top endarticulate note separation
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, consistent alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, but uses straightforward power chord shapes and rhythm patterns typical of 80s hard rock.