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Riff Tone

My Name Is Jonas

Weezer

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson J-45
AmpNone (acoustic guitar recorded mic'd, no amp for clean intro/riff section)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1994. The clean intro/riff of 'My Name Is Jonas' was played on a Gibson J-45 acoustic, mic'd directly in the studio. No electric amp or pedals used for this section. Confirmed by Rivers Cuomo in Guitar World and Equipboard. The distorted sections use electric guitar and amps, but the clean riff is acoustic only.

Tone Character(10)
warm and woodypercussive and articulatedynamic fingerstyle attacknatural acoustic resonanceslightly bright top endfull-bodied midrangeminimal effectsclear note separationorganic and unprocessedsubtle room ambience

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate fingerpicking and strumming coordination, with dynamic control and clean articulation to capture the percussive, open-string sound.

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