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Riff Tone

Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt

The Mars Volta

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarIbanez RG series (likely RG2550 or similar, early 2000s spec, stock pickups)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 2000s revision, likely Trem-O-Verb head)

Amp Settings

gain7.5
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2002-2003. Omar Rodríguez-López was known to use Ibanez RG guitars and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amps for De-Loused in the Comatorium sessions. No direct source for exact serial/model, but this is widely documented for this album era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section.

Tone Character(10)
molten, saturated distortionharmonic richnessaggressive attacktight and percussivecomplex, layered overtonesliquid-like runssatisfyingly scrambled squelchdense and hallucinatoryedgy and experimentalsnarling, rabid riffing

Difficulty

The riff section is extremely challenging due to its speed, rhythmic complexity, and the need for precise muting and articulation to achieve the aggressive, harmonically rich sound.

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