GuitarDistortedRiff
Purple Haze Guitar Tone Settings — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1960s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1965, Olympic White, maple neck, right-handed, strung lefty, reverse headstock)
Pickups
Fender single-coil Stratocaster pickups (stock 1965)
Amp
Marshall Super Lead 100 (model 1959, Plexi, with Marshall 4x12 cabinet, likely Celestion G12M speakers)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, Olympic Studios, London, 1967. Gear confirmed by Roger Mayer and multiple sources. The riff section uses the Stratocaster into a cranked Marshall Super Lead. No Octavia on the riff, only Fuzz Face. No wah or modulation. No amp reverb used on the original studio recording.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6
Gain7
Reverb0
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face · fuzz
Fender Stratocaster → Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face → Marshall Super Lead 100 → Marshall 4x12 cabinet
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Tone Character
- aggressive fuzz saturation
- British crunch from Marshall Plexi
- tight, percussive attack
- raw, biting upper mids
- fat, sustaining power chords
- slightly compressed, singing sustain
- classic 60s psychedelic rock fuzz
- touch-sensitive dynamics
- no octave-up effect in riff section
- dynamic pick response