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A Certain Shade of Green Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Incubus

Incubus · 1990s · metal

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Original Recording

Guitar
PRS CE24 (1990s, bolt-on maple neck, alder body, 24 frets, HFS/Vintage Bass pickups)
Pickups
PRS HFS (bridge humbucker), PRS Vintage Bass (neck humbucker)
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 2-channel version, 1990s)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (PRS HFS humbucker)

Studio recording, 1997, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. album. Mike Einziger was known to use a PRS CE24 into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for the heavy riff sections on this album. No direct evidence of pedal use for this song's riff, but the tone is high-gain and percussive. No evidence of live or alternate gear for the studio recording.

Amp Settings

Mids
6
Bass
6
Gain
7
Reverb
1.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
6

Effects Chain

  • Distortion from amp (Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier high-gain channel) · distortion

PRS CE24 → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (high-gain channel, light spring reverb)

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Tone Character

  • tight and percussive
  • aggressive palm muting
  • chunky, saturated distortion
  • articulate attack
  • focused low end
  • clear note separation under gain
  • modern funk-metal crunch
  • dynamic pick attack
  • slight top-end sizzle
  • fast, syncopated rhythm

Notes & Caveats

  • ⚠️No direct source lists exact amp or pedal settings for this specific song/section; amp and guitar inferred from era and forum consensus.
  • ⚠️No explicit pedalboard or effect list for the studio recording of this riff; effects inferred from audio and typical genre practices.
  • ⚠️Settings estimated based on typical Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier usage for 1990s funk metal/alt-metal tones.
  • ⚠️No evidence of modulation or time-based effects (chorus, flanger, delay) on the riff section; only high-gain amp distortion is clearly audible.
  • ⚠️If new evidence emerges of pedal use or alternate amp, update accordingly.
  • ⚠️Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Mike Einziger in the S.C.I.E.N.C.E. era used Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifiers with moderate gain, tight low end, and forward mids for punchy, funky alt-metal riffing. The tone is crunchy but not overly saturated, with clear mids and a slight top-end bite, and the production is quite dry with minimal reverb.

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