GuitarDistortedRiff
Red House Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1960s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely 1966-1968, right-handed, strung lefty, maple neck, rosewood board)
Pickups
Fender single-coil Stratocaster pickups
Amp
Marshall Super Lead 100 (model 1959, Plexi, 100-watt head) into Marshall 4x12 cabinet
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1966-1967, Are You Experienced sessions. No evidence of Flying V or SG on the original studio version; Stratocaster confirmed by multiple sources for this era and song. No evidence of pedals used on the studio riff section; Fuzz Face and wah were used live but not on the original studio riff.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain5
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- touch-sensitive
- edge-of-breakup crunch
- singing sustain
- clear note separation
- rounded highs
- fat midrange
- responsive to picking attack
- slightly compressed
- open low end