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Listen to the Music Guitar Tone Settings — The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1970s Gibson ES-335 (Tom Johnston's main guitar on studio recording)
Pickups
Gibson humbuckers (stock ES-335, likely T-Top humbuckers)
Amp
Fender Twin Reverb (blackface, studio recording)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1972. Tom Johnston wrote and played the main riff. No evidence of pedals or effects other than amp reverb. All sources and isolated tracks indicate a clean, percussive, slightly compressed sound typical of a Twin Reverb with humbuckers. No chorus, delay, or modulation audible or documented. No evidence of live/touring gear being used in the studio for this track.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass6
Gain3.5
Reverb3
Treble7
Presence5
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Tone Character
- bright and articulate
- clean and percussive
- snappy attack
- tight low end
- warm midrange
- slight natural compression
- open, ringing chords
- dynamic response to picking
- subtle amp breakup on accents
- natural spring reverb ambience