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Silverchair
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s, as used by Daniel Johns on Neon Ballroom sessions)
AmpMarshall JCM900 (studio recording amp for Neon Ballroom era, clean channel)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1998-1999 (Neon Ballroom sessions). No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. No pedalboard evidence for clean tone; all sources point to amp clean channel. No evidence of chorus, delay, or modulation for clean section.
Tone Character(10)
clean and bell-likewarm and rounded lowsslightly scooped midsarticulate, chiming highsdynamic and touch-sensitiveclear, uncompressed attackno audible breakupno modulation or time-based effectsstudio ambience onlyneck pickup warmth
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, articulate chord work with good dynamic control and muting, but no advanced techniques or fast passages.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s, as used by Daniel Johns on Neon Ballroom sessions)
AmpMarshall JCM900 (studio recording amp for Neon Ballroom era, clean channel)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1998-1999 (Neon Ballroom sessions). No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. No pedalboard evidence for clean tone; all sources point to amp clean channel. No evidence of chorus, delay, or modulation for clean section.
Tone Character(10)
clean and bell-likewarm and rounded lowsslightly scooped midsarticulate, chiming highsdynamic and touch-sensitiveclear, uncompressed attackno audible breakupno modulation or time-based effectsstudio ambience onlyneck pickup warmth
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, articulate chord work with good dynamic control and muting, but no advanced techniques or fast passages.