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Stay Home Riff Guitar Tone Settings — American Football
American Football · 1990s · math rock
Recorded in the late 1990s, capturing the clean and ambient sound typical of the math rock genre.
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Jazzmaster
Pickups
Single-coil
Amp
Fender Twin Reverb
American Football is known for using clean, intricate tones with a lot of clarity and reverb.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass5
Gain0
Reverb7
Treble7
Presence5
Effects Chain
- Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail · reverb
- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay · delay
Guitar → Holy Grail Reverb → DD-3 Delay → Fender Twin Reverb (with spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- clean, intricate tones
- bright and clear
- articulate single-coil sound
- ambient and spacious
- reverb-heavy
Sources
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Recorded in the late 1990s, capturing the clean and ambient sound typical of the math rock genre.