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Sunday Rain Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters · 2010s+ · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (exact model unspecified, likely vintage, as per Pat Smear interview)
Pickups
Gibson humbuckers (likely stock, as per Les Paul standard configuration)
Amp
Vintage transistor bass head into old Seventies vocal mixing board (Pat Smear's main amp for most of the record), possibly with Orange amp blended in
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2017. Pat Smear used a Les Paul into a custom setup: old Seventies vocal mixing board into a vintage transistor bass head, with some tracks also using an Orange amp. Gear was intentionally non-standard for this album. No evidence of standard Foo Fighters touring amps or pedals used for this song's riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain6
Reverb2.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- thick and mid-forward
- punchy and articulate
- slight breakup/crunch
- full-bodied
- organic and unprocessed
- tight low end
- present upper mids
- not overly compressed
- classic rock crunch
- modern edge