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Riff Tone
Orestes
A Perfect Circle
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s/early 2000s, as used by Billy Howerdel in studio)
AmpSovtek MiG 100 (studio, as per Premier Guitar rig rundown for era)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 2000 (Mer de Noms sessions). Guitar and amp confirmed for era by Premier Guitar rig rundown and typical studio gear. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for riff section. Settings estimated due to lack of direct numeric data.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothlush and ambientslightly overdriven cleanclear note separationfull-bodied midrangesubtle breakupsmooth sustainatmosphericnot harsh or fizzyslightly compressed
Difficulty
The riff requires careful control of dynamics and chord voicings to maintain the atmospheric, haunting quality, but does not involve advanced technical techniques.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s/early 2000s, as used by Billy Howerdel in studio)
AmpSovtek MiG 100 (studio, as per Premier Guitar rig rundown for era)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass5.5
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2000 (Mer de Noms sessions). Guitar and amp confirmed for era by Premier Guitar rig rundown and typical studio gear. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for riff section. Settings estimated due to lack of direct numeric data.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothlush and ambientslightly overdriven cleanclear note separationfull-bodied midrangesubtle breakupsmooth sustainatmosphericnot harsh or fizzyslightly compressed
Difficulty
The riff requires careful control of dynamics and chord voicings to maintain the atmospheric, haunting quality, but does not involve advanced technical techniques.