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Nuclear Family
Green Day
GuitarRiffDistortedpunk2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarFender American Telecaster (Billie Joe Armstrong's main studio guitar for ¡Uno! era)
AmpMarshall Plexi 1959SLP (main studio amp for Green Day distorted tones in the 2010s, especially ¡Uno! era)
Amp Settings
mid6.5
bass6
gain7
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tight and punchyaggressive and crunchymid-forward British overdrivepercussive palm mutingarticulate attackslightly compressedfocused and dryminimal ambiencemodern punk clarityno audible modulation
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, aggressive downstrokes and tight palm muting typical of punk rhythm playing, but uses straightforward power chords and no advanced techniques.
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