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Riff Tone
The Night Before
The Beatles
Guitarrock1960s
Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Casino (1965, sunburst, used by Paul McCartney for main riff; John Lennon and George Harrison also used Casinos on this session)
AmpVox AC30 (JMI, 1965, studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain2.5
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1965. The Beatles' 'The Night Before' riff section was tracked at EMI Studios. Evidence from session photos and 'Beatles Gear' books confirms Epiphone Casino into Vox AC30, no pedals. No evidence of live performance with different gear for this song.
Tone Character(10)
jangly and brightarticulate attackslight edge-of-breakup crunchchiming upper midspercussive and rhythmicclear note separationwarm but cuttingslightly compressedclassic British Invasion soundno audible effects or heavy saturation
Difficulty
The riff is rhythmically tight and requires clean, articulate strumming with precise timing, but uses basic barre chords and no advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Casino (1965, sunburst, used by Paul McCartney for main riff; John Lennon and George Harrison also used Casinos on this session)
AmpVox AC30 (JMI, 1965, studio recording)
Amp Settings
gain2.5
bass5.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1965. The Beatles' 'The Night Before' riff section was tracked at EMI Studios. Evidence from session photos and 'Beatles Gear' books confirms Epiphone Casino into Vox AC30, no pedals. No evidence of live performance with different gear for this song.
Tone Character(10)
jangly and brightarticulate attackslight edge-of-breakup crunchchiming upper midspercussive and rhythmicclear note separationwarm but cuttingslightly compressedclassic British Invasion soundno audible effects or heavy saturation
Difficulty
The riff is rhythmically tight and requires clean, articulate strumming with precise timing, but uses basic barre chords and no advanced techniques.