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Sunshine of Your Love Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix · 1960s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (right-handed, strung upside down, likely late '60s model)
Pickups
Fender single-coil Stratocaster pickups
Amp
Marshall Super Lead 100 (plexi, late 1960s, likely modified tone stack)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (blade selector in bridge position, typical for Hendrix riff tones)
Studio recording, 1968. Hendrix's amps were often modified with a 33K/500pF tone stack. No evidence of live performance for this specific cover. Gear based on typical Hendrix studio setup for this era.
Amp Settings
Mids7.5
Bass6.5
Gain6.5
Reverb0.5
Treble7
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face · fuzz
Fender Stratocaster → Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face → Marshall Super Lead 100 (no reverb, no effects loop)
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Tone Character
- British crunch
- warm and thick
- mid-heavy
- singing sustain
- touch-sensitive dynamics
- edge-of-breakup
- aggressive attack
- slightly fuzzy texture
- tight low end
- articulate single notes