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She's Long Gone Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Black Keys
The Black Keys · 2010s+ · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Harmony H78 (vintage semi-hollow, as used by Dan Auerbach on 'Brothers' sessions)
Pickups
DeArmond Gold Foil single-coil pickups (original to Harmony H78)
Amp
Fender Quad Reverb (vintage, as used in 'Brothers' sessions at Muscle Shoals)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (most likely, based on warmth and fullness of riff tone)
Studio recording, 2010, 'Brothers' album. Gear confirmed for this era and album, but no explicit source for this exact song's riff section. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the studio recording.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain6.5
Reverb1.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- thick and fuzzy
- lo-fi garage rock
- mid-heavy and saturated
- raw and gritty
- slightly compressed attack
- open semi-hollow resonance
- touch-sensitive breakup
- punchy, forward mids
- vintage single-coil bite
- notably fuzzy but not full fuzz pedal saturation
Notes & Caveats
- No explicit amp or pedal settings found for this exact song/section; amp and guitar inferred from known 'Brothers' session gear.
- No direct source for pickup selector position; inferred from tone character.
- No evidence of fuzz or overdrive pedal used on this riff; distortion likely from amp and guitar volume.
- Settings estimated based on typical Fender Quad Reverb usage for garage/blues rock in studio context.
- No evidence of time-based or modulation effects in riff section; only mild amp reverb likely.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Dan Auerbach typically uses vintage amps (like old Fenders or Supros) set to a crunchy, mid-forward blues-rock tone with thick lows and restrained highs. The riff in 'She's Long Gone' is gritty, punchy, and dry, with little reverb, strong mids, and a slightly woolly low end, reflecting both his gear and the raw production style of the era.