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Ho Hey Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Lumineers
The Lumineers · 2010s · indie folk
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Hummingbird acoustic (Wesley Schultz)
Pickups
Mic'd in the studio. Live: LR Baggs Anthem under-saddle / mic blend.
Amp
None — DI / mic only
Pickup Position
N/A — mic'd acoustic (live: piezo blend)
Recorded at Bear Creek Studio, Seattle, with producer Ryan Hadlock; mixed by Kevin Augunas using a custom 16-track LCR monitoring board with no inbuilt EQ or compression. The only outboard effects on the mix were a Studer B67 slap-tape delay and the studio's echo chamber. Arrangement layers acoustic guitar, mandolin, cello, drums and 7+ stomp/clap percussion tracks around the lead vocal.
Amp Settings
Mids5
Bass5
Gain1
Reverb3
Treble6
Presence5
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Tone Character
- warm mic'd dreadnought
- percussive strumming attack
- completely clean
- natural body resonance
- subtle slap-tape delay (mostly vocals)
- intimate room reverb
- no electric instrument character
- open-chord ringing in upper mids
- communal stomp/clap percussion bed
- folk-revival production aesthetic