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FLOW
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely Japanese model, as commonly used by FLOW in this era)
AmpMarshall JCM2000 DSL (most likely, based on Japanese rock conventions and FLOW's live/studio rig photos from the 2000s)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2009-2010 era. No direct source confirms exact guitar/amp for this song, but live and studio footage, as well as genre/era conventions, strongly suggest Stratocaster into Marshall stack. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingchunky, saturated distortionarticulate, cutting top endfocused midrange punchclear note separation under gainslight room ambiencemodern Japanese rock attackno audible modulationcontrolled low end
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with precise timing and some string skipping, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely Japanese model, as commonly used by FLOW in this era)
AmpMarshall JCM2000 DSL (most likely, based on Japanese rock conventions and FLOW's live/studio rig photos from the 2000s)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2009-2010 era. No direct source confirms exact guitar/amp for this song, but live and studio footage, as well as genre/era conventions, strongly suggest Stratocaster into Marshall stack. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingchunky, saturated distortionarticulate, cutting top endfocused midrange punchclear note separation under gainslight room ambiencemodern Japanese rock attackno audible modulationcontrolled low end
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, with precise timing and some string skipping, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.