GuitarDistortedRiff
A Certain Shade of Green Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Incubus
Incubus · 1990s · metal
studio
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
Mids6
Bass6
Gain7
Reverb1.5
Treble6.5
Presence6
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