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Riff Tone
The Worst Day Ever
Simple Plan
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s/2000s, as used by Simple Plan's Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre in early albums)
AmpMarshall JCM2000 DSL100 (typical for early 2000s pop-punk/rock, and seen in Simple Plan live/studio photos from era)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2002 album 'No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls'. No direct evidence of pedals or alternate amps for riff section. Settings and gear inferred from genre, era, and band’s known studio/live rigs.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivechunky, saturated distortionarticulate pick attackmodern pop-punk rhythmaggressive, compressed soundfocused midrange punchslight top-end sizzlecontrolled low-endno audible modulation or delayclear note separation
Difficulty
The riff is fast and requires tight palm muting and accurate power chord changes, but uses standard pop-punk techniques without advanced complexity.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s/2000s, as used by Simple Plan's Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre in early albums)
AmpMarshall JCM2000 DSL100 (typical for early 2000s pop-punk/rock, and seen in Simple Plan live/studio photos from era)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2002 album 'No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls'. No direct evidence of pedals or alternate amps for riff section. Settings and gear inferred from genre, era, and band’s known studio/live rigs.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivechunky, saturated distortionarticulate pick attackmodern pop-punk rhythmaggressive, compressed soundfocused midrange punchslight top-end sizzlecontrolled low-endno audible modulation or delayclear note separation
Difficulty
The riff is fast and requires tight palm muting and accurate power chord changes, but uses standard pop-punk techniques without advanced complexity.