Doing It to Death Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Kills
The Kills · 2010s+ · rock
studio
Original Recording
Studio recording for 'Doing It to Death' (2016). Jamie Hince uses a multi-amp blend for the core riff tone, with the Orange Dual Dark 100 as the primary amp (profiled via Kemper), and additional amps blended for tonal complexity. Guitar is a vintage Harmony Bobkat H15 with DeArmond Gold Foil pickups. Effects are a mix of pedals and rack units. Settings are estimated due to lack of explicit numbers for this song/section.
Amp Settings
Effects Chain
- Line 6 Filter Pro · modulation
- Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 · delay
- Death By Audio Robot · modulation
- Line 6 HX One · modulation
Harmony Bobkat H15 → Line 6 Filter Pro → Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 → Death By Audio Robot → Line 6 HX One → Kemper (Orange Dual Dark 100 profile) + Divided by 13 FTR 37 + Selmer Zodiac + Magnatone 280 (blended amps, spring reverb on amp)
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Tone Character
- thick and fuzzy
- mid-heavy and gritty
- percussive and driving
- slightly lo-fi
- warm with biting top end
- articulate single-note riffing
- rich sustain
- controlled feedback
- distinctive British amp flavor
- garage rock texture