GuitarCleanRiff
Passionfruit Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Drake
Drake · 2010s+ · other
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Unknown (likely Fender Stratocaster or similar single-coil guitar, session player, not Drake himself)
Pickups
Single-coil (exact model unknown, likely neck or neck+middle position)
Amp
Unknown (likely clean solid-state or Fender-style amp, model not specified)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup or neck+middle (Strat position 4 likely)
Studio recording, 2016/2017. No official documentation of the exact guitar or amp used for the riff section. Drake is not the guitarist; session player and gear are uncredited. No evidence of live performance with guitar for this song.
Amp Settings
Mids5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb5
Treble6.5
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Compression pedal (model unknown) · compression
Guitar → Compression pedal → Clean amp (with digital reverb)
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Tone Character
- clean and glassy
- warm and smooth
- slightly compressed
- subtle reverb ambience
- mellow attack
- rounded highs
- no audible drive or crunch
- studio-polished clarity
- soft, fingerstyle dynamics
- R&B/Pop production aesthetic