GuitarCleanRiff
Catch the Rainbow Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Rainbow
Rainbow · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1971 Fender Stratocaster (Maple neck, stock single coils, scalloped fretboard)
Pickups
Fender single-coil (stock 1971 Stratocaster pickups)
Amp
Marshall Major 200W head (model 1967, modded for master volume), 4x12 cabinet
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1975. Gear based on period interviews and photographic evidence from the 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' sessions. No direct pedalboard evidence for clean sections; Blackmore was known for minimal pedal use in clean passages. Amp reverb likely from studio or outboard, not pedal.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6.5
Gain0
Reverb3.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- bell-like clean Stratocaster tone
- warm, glassy highs
- lush, ambient reverb
- dynamic, touch-sensitive response
- slightly compressed attack
- clear note separation
- mildly scooped mids
- soft, expressive picking
- open, airy sound
- no audible overdrive or breakup