Another World Riff Guitar Tone Settings — GOJIRA

Tone Character

• Picked-and-hammered pulse
• Controlled low end
• Open/muted contrast

Playing Technique

Practical suggestions for this riff reconstruction; difficulty reflects the exercise, not an official transcription.

• 🎸Equalize the hammer-on · difficulty 4/5Practice one picked note followed by the hammered note at reduced gain, avoiding a weak second pitch.
• 🎸Keep the two-string motion small · difficulty 4/5Rehearse the crossing slowly with unused strings damped so the repeated figure stays compact.
• 🎸Open the palm mute deliberately · difficulty 4/5Compare the same phrase with tight and released damping, retaining its pulse as the texture widens.
• 🎸Preserve the first transient · difficulty 3/5Reduce saturation if the beginning of each pair disappears; the pick attack helps organize the entire riff.

Sources

• 📎Gojira's Joe Duplantier: Fortitude, Whammy pedals & Charvels | Guitar World

Tone Story / Why This Tone Works

• 🕰️Fortitude-era Gojira movementAnother World joins a repeating rhythmic line with a broader, more open passage in Gojira’s Fortitude period.
• 🎸Duplantier explains the mechanismJoe Duplantier describes one picked attack leading into a hammered note, with palm muting changing the character of the same figure.
• 🎛️A clear attack and connected second noteBalance the picked and hammered notes so the pattern remains audible without turning every note into a separate hard strike.
• 🎯The mute supplies the contrastOpening the damping can transform the phrase without requiring an entirely different set of notes or excessive added gain.