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Stop & Stare Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Treaty Oak Revival
Treaty Oak Revival · 2010s+ · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Unknown solidbody electric (likely Fender Telecaster or similar, exact model not confirmed for this recording)
Pickups
Single-coil (exact model unknown, likely stock or vintage-style Telecaster single-coil)
Amp
Music Man HD-130 through 4x12 cabinet
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (inferred, for bright, biting riff tone typical of modern country/rock)
Studio recording, 2023 (from album 'West Texas Degenerate'). All distortion is pedal-based, not from amp. No explicit confirmation of exact guitar model for this song's riff section; inference based on band/era/genre and Premier Guitar interview.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain4.5
Reverb2.5
Treble6.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Death By Audio Fuzz War · fuzz
- EarthQuaker Devices Terminal · fuzz
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff · fuzz
- Ibanez Tube Screamer (exact model unknown) · overdrive
Guitar → Fuzz War/Terminal/Big Muff → Tube Screamer → Music Man HD-130 (with light spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- gritty and crunchy
- punchy attack
- tight low end
- articulate pick response
- slightly compressed
- modern edge
- touch of fuzz texture
- present upper mids
- controlled sustain
- not overly saturated