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Empty Promises (Live) Guitar Tone Settings

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · 2010s+ · blues

live

Original Recording

Guitar
Fender Kingfish Delta Day Telecaster Deluxe
Pickups
Custom Kingfish humbuckers
Amp
Fender Blues Junior 1x12 Combo Amp
Pickup Position
Neck pickup

Live performance, post-2022 era, using signature Telecaster and Fender Blues Junior as confirmed by multiple sources. No explicit mention of additional amp models or alternate guitars for this riff section.

Amp Settings

Mids
6.5
Bass
6.5
Gain
4.5
Reverb
4.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5

Effects Chain

  • Overdrive pedal (model unknown) · overdrive

Fender Kingfish Delta Day Telecaster Deluxe → Overdrive pedal (model unknown) → Fender Blues Junior (spring reverb on)

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Tone Character

  • warm and smooth
  • edge-of-breakup crunch
  • singing sustain
  • touch-sensitive
  • fat, round midrange
  • clear note separation
  • dynamic and expressive
  • slight grit on attack
  • articulate phrasing
  • responsive to picking dynamics

Notes & Caveats

  • ⚠️No explicit numeric amp settings found for this exact live performance; settings estimated based on typical Fender Blues Junior usage for blues and Kingfish's known tone.
  • ⚠️No direct pedalboard photo or official rig rundown for 'Empty Promises (Live)' riff section; pedal/effects info inferred from genre, artist style, and audible characteristics.
  • ⚠️No evidence of effects loop use or additional amp models for this song part.
  • ⚠️Pickup choice inferred from tone and artist's typical usage; not explicitly stated for this riff.
  • ⚠️Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Kingfish typically uses a Fender-style amp set just past clean for dynamic blues phrasing, with strong lows, forward mids, and restrained treble for warmth and punch. The live 'Empty Promises' riff is touch-sensitive, fat, and open, with moderate reverb for space but not washed out.

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