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NYC Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Interpol
Interpol · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1986)
Pickups
Gibson humbuckers (stock, likely 490R/498T or similar for era)
Amp
Fender Pro Reverb (Blackface, early 1970s)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording for 'NYC' on 'Turn On The Bright Lights' (2002). Paul Banks used his 1986 Les Paul Custom into a Fender Pro Reverb. Effects were primarily from pedals and rack units, with reverb from an Alesis Microverb rather than the amp's onboard reverb. Settings are estimated based on typical usage and genre, as no direct numeric values are published for this song/section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass5.5
Gain3.5
Reverb1
Treble7
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Boss DD-5 Digital Delay · delay
- Tube Works Real Tube Overdrive · overdrive
- Alesis Microverb · reverb
Gibson Les Paul Custom → Tube Works Real Tube Overdrive → Boss DD-5 Digital Delay → Alesis Microverb → Fender Pro Reverb (amp reverb off)
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Tone Character
- dark and atmospheric
- slightly gritty clean
- lush reverb tail
- expansive and haunting
- shimmering clarity
- subtle edge-of-breakup drive
- warm and woolly low end
- cutting yet smooth highs
- moody and introspective
- open, airy spatial feel