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Stellar Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Incubus
Incubus · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
PRS CE24 (1990s, likely stock pickups)
Pickups
PRS HFS Treble (bridge) and Vintage Bass (neck) humbuckers
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb (Dual Rectifier variant)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1999-2000 for 'Make Yourself' album. Mike Einziger is confirmed to have used a PRS CE24 and Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb for the main riff sections of 'Stellar'. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the original recording.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain6.5
Reverb3
Treble6
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Seymour Duncan 805 Overdrive · overdrive
- MXR Dyna Comp · compression
Guitar → MXR Dyna Comp → Seymour Duncan 805 Overdrive → Mesa/Boogie Tremoverb (spring reverb on)
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Tone Character
- thick and mid-forward
- warm and smooth
- slightly compressed
- articulate note separation
- punchy low end
- not overly bright
- subtle ambience
- dynamic response
- full-bodied
- slightly rolled-off treble