GuitarDistortedRiff
Revolution 1 Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Beatles
The Beatles · 1960s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Epiphone Casino
Pickups
P-90 single-coil
Amp
EMI REDD.51 Recording Console
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1968. The guitar was plugged directly into the EMI REDD.51 console, utilizing its REDD.47 preamp modules for distortion.
Amp Settings
Mids8
Bass6.5
Gain4
Reverb2.5
Treble7
Presence2.5
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Tone Character
- aggressive
- biting
- heavily saturated fuzz
- direct-injected rawness
- overloaded preamp character
- bright yet thick
- almost broken-speaker quality