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Riff Tone
Rock the Casbah
The Clash
Guitarpunk1980s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (Joe Strummer's heavily modified 1966 model, black finish, maple neck)
AmpMusic Man HD-212 150W (used by Joe Strummer for Combat Rock era studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain2.5
bass5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1981-1982 (Combat Rock sessions). Joe Strummer played the main riff section. Amp settings and effects are for the studio version, not live. No evidence of Mick Jones' Strat or Roland JC-120 on the main riff; those are sometimes used for overdubs or live.
Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatetight and percussiveclean with slight edgepunchy attackmidrange presenceslightly scooped basscrisp treblemodulated width from choruscontrolled palm mutinglight ambience
Difficulty
The riff requires tight palm muting, syncopated rhythms, and clean articulation, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or fast soloing.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (Joe Strummer's heavily modified 1966 model, black finish, maple neck)
AmpMusic Man HD-212 150W (used by Joe Strummer for Combat Rock era studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain2.5
bass5
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1981-1982 (Combat Rock sessions). Joe Strummer played the main riff section. Amp settings and effects are for the studio version, not live. No evidence of Mick Jones' Strat or Roland JC-120 on the main riff; those are sometimes used for overdubs or live.
Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatetight and percussiveclean with slight edgepunchy attackmidrange presenceslightly scooped basscrisp treblemodulated width from choruscontrolled palm mutinglight ambience
Difficulty
The riff requires tight palm muting, syncopated rhythms, and clean articulation, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or fast soloing.