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Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others Guitar Tone Settings
The Smiths · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Rickenbacker 330 6-string
Pickups
Rickenbacker Hi-Gain single coils
Amp
Fender Twin Reverb (likely Silverface, mid-1980s studio recording)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1986. Johnny Marr used his Rickenbacker 330 6-string for the main riff. Fender Twin Reverb amp is strongly indicated by era, genre, and Marr's studio choices. No explicit evidence of other guitars or amps for this section.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5
Gain0
Reverb5
Treble7.5
Presence5
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Tone Character
- shimmering clean
- bright and articulate
- chiming, bell-like attack
- lush, airy top end
- clear note separation
- slight compression from amp
- subtle reverb ambience
- jangly, open chords
- dynamic response to picking
- no audible overdrive