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Riff Tone

The Evil Has Landed

Queens of the Stone Age

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarEchopark 9-string (GBE strings doubled, similar to a 12-string for riff)
AmpUnknown high-headroom clean amp (possibly Ampeg V4 or similar, as per Homme's Villains-era studio use, but not confirmed for this track)

Amp Settings

gain7
bass7

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2017 (Villains album). Guitar is confirmed as Echopark 9-string for the riff. Amp model not explicitly confirmed in sources; Homme is known for using Ampeg V4 and other high-headroom amps in this era. Effects chain includes fuzz and octave pedal. Settings and exact amp inferred from genre, era, and Homme's typical studio rig. No evidence of live-specific gear for the studio recording.

Tone Character(10)
chunky and garageythick, layered fuzzoctave-rich harmonicspunchy and percussiveaggressive attackVelcro-like fuzz texturetight low endslightly scooped midsbig, clean bottom blended with fuzzarticulate despite heavy distortion

Difficulty

The riff requires tight timing, aggressive picking, and control of octave/fuzz pedal tracking, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.

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