GuitarCleanRiff
Basket Case Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Green Day
Green Day · 1990s · punk
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fernandes Stratocaster 'Blue' (modded, likely with Seymour Duncan JB in bridge)
Pickups
Seymour Duncan JB (bridge humbucker), Fernandes single coils (middle/neck)
Amp
Marshall Super Lead 100 (Plexi, 'Pete' with Dookie Mod), Marshall 1960A cab
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (Seymour Duncan JB humbucker), volume rolled down
Studio recording, 1994. Gear confirmed for Dookie album sessions. Clean tone likely from rolling off guitar volume or using amp at low gain. No evidence of alternate amp for clean sections.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain0
Reverb1.5
Treble7
Presence6
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Tone Character
- glassy and percussive
- tight and articulate
- slightly compressed
- clear note separation
- dynamic response to picking
- no audible breakup
- minimal sustain
- quick decay
- subtle amp reverb
- no modulation or time-based effects