GuitarDistortedRiff
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
Mids6.5
Bass6.5
Gain4.5
Reverb4.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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