GuitarCleanRiff
A Forest Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Cure
The Cure · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Jazzmaster
Pickups
Fender Jazzmaster single-coil pickups
Amp
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, Seventeen Seconds album (1980). Gear confirmed by producer Mike Hedges for the original studio session. Riff/clean section. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this part.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass6
Gain0
Reverb5
Treble7
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Boss BF-2 Flanger · flanger
Fender Jazzmaster → Boss BF-2 Flanger → Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (chorus and reverb on)
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Tone Character
- lush and swirling
- bright and glassy
- ambient and atmospheric
- clear and percussive
- pristine clean
- spacious reverb
- slightly scooped mids
- chiming highs
- soft dynamic response
- modulated shimmer