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Riff Tone
up around the bend
Hanoi Rocks
Guitarrock1980s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Explorer
AmpMarshall JCM2000 TSL 100
Amp Settings
gain6.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1984 (from 'Up Around the Bend: The Definitive Collection'). Gear inferred from Equipboard and era-appropriate sources. No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
dirty and grittycrunchy and saturatedbright and cuttingpunchy attackraw and energeticfocused midsslightly compressedtight and articulateminimal ambienceclassic glam rock crunch
Difficulty
The riff is fast and requires tight, aggressive picking and muting, but uses straightforward chord shapes and rhythm patterns, making it accessible to intermediate players.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Explorer
AmpMarshall JCM2000 TSL 100
Amp Settings
gain6.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 1984 (from 'Up Around the Bend: The Definitive Collection'). Gear inferred from Equipboard and era-appropriate sources. No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
dirty and grittycrunchy and saturatedbright and cuttingpunchy attackraw and energeticfocused midsslightly compressedtight and articulateminimal ambienceclassic glam rock crunch
Difficulty
The riff is fast and requires tight, aggressive picking and muting, but uses straightforward chord shapes and rhythm patterns, making it accessible to intermediate players.