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Riff Tone
Tragic Girl
Weezer
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Kurt Cobain Jaguar
AmpMesa/Boogie Mark I (late 1970s, 'Mesa Engineering' faceplate, 60-watt head)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, tracked to tape and mixed digitally. Guitar and amp confirmed for Pinkerton-era outtakes; 'Tragic Girl' is a Pinkerton outtake recorded 1996. No evidence of live performance rig for this song.
Tone Character(10)
fuzz-laden and saturatedmid-heavy and aggressivetight and percussivethick, compressed wall of soundpunchy powerchordssustained, harmonically rich chordsnotably present upper midsdirty, screeching attackslightly scooped lowsclassic Weezer crunch
Difficulty
The riff requires tight, percussive palm muting and precise powerchord changes under heavy fuzz, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or complex timing.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Kurt Cobain Jaguar
AmpMesa/Boogie Mark I (late 1970s, 'Mesa Engineering' faceplate, 60-watt head)
Amp Settings
gain7
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, tracked to tape and mixed digitally. Guitar and amp confirmed for Pinkerton-era outtakes; 'Tragic Girl' is a Pinkerton outtake recorded 1996. No evidence of live performance rig for this song.
Tone Character(10)
fuzz-laden and saturatedmid-heavy and aggressivetight and percussivethick, compressed wall of soundpunchy powerchordssustained, harmonically rich chordsnotably present upper midsdirty, screeching attackslightly scooped lowsclassic Weezer crunch
Difficulty
The riff requires tight, percussive palm muting and precise powerchord changes under heavy fuzz, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or complex timing.