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Riff Tone
You Broke My Heart
Current Joys
Guitarother2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (exact model unknown, but Telecaster shape and tone is widely cited for Nick Rattigan/Current Joys in this era)
AmpFender-style combo amp (exact model unknown, likely Fender Twin Reverb or similar clean amp, based on genre and era)
Amp Settings
gain3.5
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, released 2018 on 'A Different Age'. No direct evidence of live rig for this song. No explicit pedalboard or amp model cited for this specific recording. Gear inferred from artist's typical studio setup and genre conventions.
Tone Character(10)
bright and janglyslightly gritty cleanambient and reverberantdynamic and expressivearticulate single-coil claritymodest breakuplo-fi texturemelancholic moodnot heavily compressedopen, airy highs
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, articulate picking with dynamic control and a sense of timing typical of indie/lo-fi genres, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast tempos.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (exact model unknown, but Telecaster shape and tone is widely cited for Nick Rattigan/Current Joys in this era)
AmpFender-style combo amp (exact model unknown, likely Fender Twin Reverb or similar clean amp, based on genre and era)
Amp Settings
gain3.5
bass5.5
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, released 2018 on 'A Different Age'. No direct evidence of live rig for this song. No explicit pedalboard or amp model cited for this specific recording. Gear inferred from artist's typical studio setup and genre conventions.
Tone Character(10)
bright and janglyslightly gritty cleanambient and reverberantdynamic and expressivearticulate single-coil claritymodest breakuplo-fi texturemelancholic moodnot heavily compressedopen, airy highs
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, articulate picking with dynamic control and a sense of timing typical of indie/lo-fi genres, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast tempos.