GuitarCleanRiff
Fast As You Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam · 1990s · country
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1956 Fender Telecaster with maple neck
Pickups
Fender single-coil (original 1956 Telecaster bridge pickup)
Amp
1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb (heavily modified by Jim Williams: Twin Reverb transformers, 6L6 power tubes, solid-state rectifier, midrange resistor, Electro-Voice EVM-12S speaker)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1993. Amp was the vibrato channel, input 1. No pedals used for the riff. Scholz Rockman (Edge setting, Chorus Off) was part of Anderson's rig for some tracks, but not confirmed for this riff. Amp was mic'd with Shure SM-57 into Neve 1073 preamp. Custom string gauge (.009-.052), pick: Jim Dunlop Standard red nylon 1.0mm. Picking close to bridge, backwards pick grip.
Amp Settings
Mids8
Bass3.5
Gain3.5
Reverb2.5
Treble6
Presence3
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Tone Character
- bright and twangy
- clean and articulate
- tight low end
- snappy attack
- midrange-forward
- percussive
- high headroom
- slightly scooped highs
- dynamic response
- classic Telecaster spank