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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
Notes & Caveats
- Gain adjusted to 0 for clean tone
- No official or reputable source lists the exact guitar, amp, or pedal models used on the studio recording of 'Passionfruit' riff.
- No numeric amp settings found; values estimated based on typical R&B/Pop clean tones from the 2010s.
- No evidence Drake himself played guitar on the track; likely a session musician.
- No pedal or amp model is confirmed for this song or section.
- No pickup selector position is confirmed; inferred from audio as neck or neck+middle.
- All effects and settings are estimated based on genre, era, and critical listening.
- No evidence of live performance with guitar for this song.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. The 'Passionfruit' riff features a clean, slightly warm and rounded guitar tone with moderate mids and a touch of top-end clarity, typical of R&B/pop production from this era. The amp is set clean with subtle ambience, and EQ is balanced for smoothness and presence without harshness, matching the genre and production style.