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PDA Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Interpol
Interpol · 2000s · rock
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Original Recording
Guitar
Epiphone Casino (1967, hollowbody electric)
Pickups
Epiphone P-90 single coils
Amp
Fender '65 Twin Reverb (Blackface reissue or original)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 2002 (Turn On The Bright Lights). Daniel Kessler played the main riff on a 1967 Epiphone Casino through a Fender Twin Reverb. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this section. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and amp type due to lack of explicit numeric values.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain4
Reverb3.5
Treble7
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Boss DD-5 Digital Delay · delay
- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb · reverb
- MXR M133 Micro Amp · boost
Epiphone Casino → MXR Micro Amp → Boss DD-5 → Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail → Fender Twin Reverb (spring reverb on)
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Tone Character
- dark and slightly gritty
- clean with edge-of-breakup drive
- reverb-laden and atmospheric
- articulate and percussive attack
- shimmering clarity
- expansive and haunting
- modest breakup, not pristine clean
- tight low end
- present mids and highs
- not compressed or saturated
Sources
Tone Story / Why This Tone Works
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