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Riff Tone
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Green Day
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (sunburst, model unknown, truss rod cover blank)
AmpMarshall JCM800 (studio recording, as shown in Heart Like a Hand Grenade documentary)
Amp Settings
gain5.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording for 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' (2004, American Idiot sessions). Gear confirmed from Heart Like a Hand Grenade documentary footage. No explicit pedal use shown for riff section; amp is a Marshall JCM800. Guitar is a sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard, bridge pickup.
Tone Character(10)
crunchy and articulatewarm midrange punchtight low endopen, ringing chordsslight breakup on hard strumspresent but smooth highsdynamic response to pickingclassic Marshall crunchstudio clarityno audible modulation or delay
Difficulty
The riff section is straightforward, using open chords and basic rhythm technique, but requires dynamic control for the clean-to-crunch response and precise timing for the song's slow, emotive feel.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (sunburst, model unknown, truss rod cover blank)
AmpMarshall JCM800 (studio recording, as shown in Heart Like a Hand Grenade documentary)
Amp Settings
gain5.5
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording for 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' (2004, American Idiot sessions). Gear confirmed from Heart Like a Hand Grenade documentary footage. No explicit pedal use shown for riff section; amp is a Marshall JCM800. Guitar is a sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard, bridge pickup.
Tone Character(10)
crunchy and articulatewarm midrange punchtight low endopen, ringing chordsslight breakup on hard strumspresent but smooth highsdynamic response to pickingclassic Marshall crunchstudio clarityno audible modulation or delay
Difficulty
The riff section is straightforward, using open chords and basic rhythm technique, but requires dynamic control for the clean-to-crunch response and precise timing for the song's slow, emotive feel.