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Riff Tone

Well Well Well (Ultimate Mix)

John Lennon

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1950s/60s Epiphone Casino (single P-90 pickup, likely sunburst, as used on Plastic Ono Band sessions)
AmpFender Deluxe Reverb (Blackface, likely 1965 or reissue, as used in Plastic Ono Band era)

Amp Settings

gain7
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1970, Plastic Ono Band sessions. Guitar and amp confirmed for this era and song by Equipboard and forum discussions. Likely used Maestro FZ-1 Fuzztone pedal for heavy distortion. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and amp type. No evidence of live performance with this exact setup.

Tone Character(10)
fuzzy and saturatedraw and aggressivelo-fi, garage rock edgethick, compressed sustainmidrange-heavy grindbuzzy, spitting fuzzunpolished, primalpunchy and bitingslightly nasal upper midsminimal clarity, maximum grit

Difficulty

The riff is rhythmically straightforward but requires aggressive picking and control of a heavily fuzzed, noisy tone. The main challenge is taming feedback and keeping the rhythm tight under high gain.

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