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Let It Happen Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Tame Impala
Tame Impala · 2010s+ · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely Japanese or Mexican, as used by Kevin Parker on Currents era studio recordings)
Pickups
Single-coil (Fender stock Strat pickups, likely neck or neck+middle position for clean tone)
Amp
Vox AC30 (studio recording, likely standard or hand-wired model, as used on Currents)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup or Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, 2015 (Currents album). Kevin Parker is known to record most guitars himself, often DI with amp sims or re-amping, but Vox AC30 is the most cited amp for this era. Clean sections use Stratocaster with single-coils, likely neck or neck+middle pickup. No evidence of live gear or alternate guitars for this section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass5.5
Gain2.5
Reverb4.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Donner Harmonic Square (or similar octave pedal) · modulation
- MXR Dyna Comp · compression
- Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phaser · phaser
- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb · reverb
- Delay pedal (model unknown, likely analog or tape-style) · delay
Fender Stratocaster → Octave pedal → Compressor → Phaser → Reverb → Delay → Vox AC30
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Tone Character
- synth-like clean
- octave-down effect
- lush and modulated
- glassy single-coil clarity
- ambient and spacious
- swirling phaser movement
- soft attack
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- stereo width from effects
- minimal breakup