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Riff Tone
The Distance
CAKE
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (likely American Standard or similar, mid-90s)
AmpFender solid-state combo amp (exact model unknown, described as 'tiny crap solid state Fender')
Amp Settings
gain4
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1996 (Fashion Nugget album). Guitarist Greg Brown. Amp confirmed as a small solid-state Fender used on the album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section.
Tone Character(10)
dry and up frontcrunchy and janglytinny and brightmidrange-forwardtight and percussiveclear, articulate attackminimal reverbdistinct single-coil biteslight breakuppunchy rhythm
Difficulty
The riff is rhythmically tight and requires good palm muting and dynamic control, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast playing.
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (likely American Standard or similar, mid-90s)
AmpFender solid-state combo amp (exact model unknown, described as 'tiny crap solid state Fender')
Amp Settings
gain4
bass5.5
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This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 1996 (Fashion Nugget album). Guitarist Greg Brown. Amp confirmed as a small solid-state Fender used on the album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section.
Tone Character(10)
dry and up frontcrunchy and janglytinny and brightmidrange-forwardtight and percussiveclear, articulate attackminimal reverbdistinct single-coil biteslight breakuppunchy rhythm
Difficulty
The riff is rhythmically tight and requires good palm muting and dynamic control, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast playing.