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Riff Tone
New Person, Same Old Mistakes
Tame Impala
Guitarrock2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarFender American Vintage '65 Jaguar
AmpRoland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer (used as amp/synth processor for studio tone), possible DI with preamp
Amp Settings
gain5.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2015 (Currents album). Evidence suggests heavy use of guitar synth and/or DI processing for the riff section. No evidence of traditional amp mic'ing for this part; synth and pedal processing likely dominate the tone.
Tone Character(10)
synth-like and analogthick and pulsingfuzzed-out texturemodulated, swirling phasercompressed and punchysmooth sustainfiltered, electronic timbrepsychedelic and layeredmidrange-focusedsoft attack, not harsh
Difficulty
The riff is rhythmically tight and requires careful control of muting and attack to maintain the synth-like, pulsing groove, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or fast runs.
This tone has been researched 3 times by the community
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Original Gear
GuitarFender American Vintage '65 Jaguar
AmpRoland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer (used as amp/synth processor for studio tone), possible DI with preamp
Amp Settings
gain5.5
bass6
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This tone has been researched 3 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 2015 (Currents album). Evidence suggests heavy use of guitar synth and/or DI processing for the riff section. No evidence of traditional amp mic'ing for this part; synth and pedal processing likely dominate the tone.
Tone Character(10)
synth-like and analogthick and pulsingfuzzed-out texturemodulated, swirling phasercompressed and punchysmooth sustainfiltered, electronic timbrepsychedelic and layeredmidrange-focusedsoft attack, not harsh
Difficulty
The riff is rhythmically tight and requires careful control of muting and attack to maintain the synth-like, pulsing groove, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or fast runs.