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Riff Tone

New Orleans Is Sinking

The Tragically Hip

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

Guitar1973 Fender Stratocaster (mocha brown, maple neck, stock single-coil pickups)
AmpMesa/Boogie Mark III head into 2x12 cab

Amp Settings

gain5.5
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1989 (Up to Here album). Rob Baker played his brown '73 Strat through a Mesa/Boogie Mark III head and 2x12 cab. Minimal pedal use: wah and Tube Screamer only. No evidence of additional effects or amp-based reverb/delay. All details confirmed by Rob Baker in Guitar World interview. No evidence of live/touring substitutions or additional pedals for the studio recording.

Tone Character(10)
brawny and blues-basededge-of-breakup crunchtight and percussivearticulate attackslightly compresseddynamic and touch-sensitiveclassic Strat bridge biteclear note separationnot overly saturatedaggressive pick response

Difficulty

The riff requires solid rhythm skills, dynamic control, and tight timing, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast lead playing.

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