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Riff Tone
Pandora
Parkway Drive
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarESP LTD EC-1000
AmpPeavey 5150 (original block letter)
Amp Settings
gain8.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2005 (Killing with a Smile album). Gear inferred from era, band interviews, and genre-standard for Parkway Drive at the time. No direct source for exact gear on 'Pandora', but this matches all available evidence for the album's heavy rhythm tone.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate pick attackfocused low endrazor-sharp high endminimal ambiencemodern metalcore claritycompressed dynamics
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with precise rhythm and occasional string skipping, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.
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Original Gear
GuitarESP LTD EC-1000
AmpPeavey 5150 (original block letter)
Amp Settings
gain8.5
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2005 (Killing with a Smile album). Gear inferred from era, band interviews, and genre-standard for Parkway Drive at the time. No direct source for exact gear on 'Pandora', but this matches all available evidence for the album's heavy rhythm tone.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationarticulate pick attackfocused low endrazor-sharp high endminimal ambiencemodern metalcore claritycompressed dynamics
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with precise rhythm and occasional string skipping, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.