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Faded Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Alan Walker

Alan Walker · 2010s+ · other

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
Unknown (no evidence of guitar used in solo section; likely synthesized or sampled guitar sound)
Pickups
Unknown (no evidence of pickup type; likely not a real guitar)
Amp
Unknown (no evidence of amp model; likely processed digitally or via plugins)
Pickup Position
Unknown (likely not a real guitar)

Studio recording, 2015. All available sources and listening indicate the 'guitar solo' in 'Faded' is a processed, sampled, or synthesized guitar sound, not a live guitar performance. No evidence of specific guitar, pickups, or amp used. Effects and processing likely handled in-the-box (DAW/plugins).

Amp Settings

Mids
5
Bass
5.5
Gain
0
Reverb
5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5

Effects Chain

  • Sidechain ducking effect (Cableguys Nicky Romero Kickstart 2 or similar) · other
  • Digital delay (plugin, model unknown) · delay
  • Digital reverb (plugin, model unknown) · reverb
  • Glitch/stutter effect (plugin, model unknown) · other

Sampled or synthesized guitar sound → Glitch/stutter plugin → Sidechain ducking plugin → Digital delay plugin → Digital reverb plugin → DAW output

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Tone Character

  • clean and ambient
  • processed and electronic
  • glitchy and stuttering
  • sidechain-pumped
  • bright and clear
  • lush digital reverb
  • digital delay repeats
  • no amp distortion
  • smooth and synthetic
  • wide stereo image

Sources