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Low Sun Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Hermanos Gutiérrez
Hermanos Gutiérrez · 2010s+ · other
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gretsch 6120 (likely 1959 'Rudy')
Pickups
Gretsch Filter'Tron humbuckers
Amp
Vintage Magnatone (at Easy Eye Sound, likely 1960s Magnatone 280 or similar)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording for 'Low Sun' (El Bueno Y El Malo, 2022); Estevan Gutiérrez plugged directly into Dan Auerbach's vintage Magnatone for the entire album recording. No evidence of live substitutions or alternate guitars/amps for the solo section.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass6
Gain3
Reverb7
Treble6.5
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo · delay
Gretsch 6120 → Strymon El Capistan → Vintage Magnatone (spring reverb, pitch vibrato)
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Tone Character
- lush and reverberant
- warm, organic ambience
- echo-laden, cinematic
- smooth and atmospheric
- rich hollowbody resonance
- subtle modulation
- clean, touch-sensitive dynamics
- spaghetti western-inspired
- ambient and dreamy
- melodic, expressive phrasing
Notes & Caveats
- No explicit amp knob settings for Magnatone found; settings estimated based on typical clean Magnatone usage in studio and genre/era.
- Pedalboard lists Strymon El Capistan and Strymon Flint as core effects, but no direct evidence of Flint on 'Low Sun' solo; El Capistan delay is confirmed as a staple.
- No explicit pickup selector position for this solo, but neck pickup is strongly indicated by tone and artist style.
- No evidence of overdrive/distortion pedals; all sources and audio indicate clean, ambient tone.
- Tremolo/vibrato effect may be from amp or pedal; Magnatone amps have built-in pitch vibrato.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Hermanos Gutiérrez favor warm, clean-to-edge-of-breakup vintage tones with lush reverb, likely using Fender-style amps. The solo in 'Low Sun' is clean with a touch of breakup, rounded lows, forward mids, smooth but not overly bright highs, and prominent spring reverb for a spacious, cinematic sound.