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Riff Tone

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1953 Gibson Les Paul 'Old Black' (heavily modified, Bigsby vibrato, Firebird mini-humbucker in bridge, P-90 in neck)
Amp1959 Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3 circuit, with Whizzer remote control device)

Amp Settings

gain6
bass6.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1978 (Rust Never Sleeps sessions). Neil Young's 'Old Black' Les Paul into his 1959 Fender Tweed Deluxe, with the Whizzer device to control amp settings. No evidence of additional pedals or effects on the riff section; tone is amp-driven. No effects loop. All sources point to this being the canonical setup for this song and era.

Tone Character(10)
gritty and earthywarm, vintage crunchdynamic and touch-sensitiveraw and expressivegarage rock aestheticbrutal and batteredlegendary gritty tonesotherworldly low end fuzzthick, saturated midrangeresponsive to picking dynamics

Difficulty

The riff is rhythmically straightforward but requires aggressive strumming and dynamic control to achieve the signature crunch and expressiveness. The challenge lies in controlling the amp's touch sensitivity and avoiding muddiness at high gain.

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