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Last Nite Solo Guitar Tone Settings — The Strokes
The Strokes · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Epiphone Riviera (stock, semi-hollow, stop tailpiece, chrome P-94 pickups)
Pickups
Gibson P-94 single-coil-sized P-90 pickups
Amp
Fender Hot Rod Deville 2x12
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2001, solo section of 'Last Nite'. Gear confirmed by multiple interviews and Equipboard. Nick Valensi used the Riviera with P-94s into a Hot Rod Deville with a Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde for overdrive. No evidence of additional effects in the solo section. Settings estimated based on typical Strokes studio approach and genre/era.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain5.5
Reverb1.5
Treble7.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrive · overdrive
Epiphone Riviera (bridge pickup) → Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde → Fender Hot Rod Deville (spring reverb low)
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Tone Character
- bright and biting
- raw garage rock edge
- mid-forward presence
- articulate single notes
- slightly compressed attack
- tight, focused sustain
- minimal ambience
- dynamic pick attack
- no audible modulation
- classic early-2000s indie rock solo sound