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Tarhatazed Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Mdou Moctar

Mdou Moctar · 2010s+ · rock

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
Fender American Professional Series Stratocaster Left-Handed (white, with Lollar pickups and Sustainiac neck pickup)
Pickups
Lollar single-coil (bridge and middle), Sustainiac (neck)
Amp
Soldano SLO-100 head into Traynor 4x12 cabinet (studio re-amp, NOT Roland JC-120 or Cube for this recording)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup

Studio recording for the album 'Ilana (The Creator)', released 2019. Guitar is a left-handed American Professional Stratocaster with Lollar pickups and a Sustainiac in the neck. Amp is a Soldano SLO-100 re-amped through a Traynor 4x12. No Roland JC-120 or Cube used on this record per producer. Effects include fuzz, phaser, and delay pedals, with chorus added via Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo in the studio. Settings estimated based on amp type and genre as no explicit knob values are published.

Amp Settings

Mids
7
Bass
6.5
Gain
6
Reverb
1.5
Treble
7
Presence
6

Effects Chain

  • EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold · fuzz
  • Boss PH-3 Phaser · phaser
  • Boss DD-6 Digital Delay · delay

Fender Stratocaster → Acapulco Gold fuzz → Boss PH-3 Phaser → Boss DD-6 Delay → Soldano SLO-100 → Traynor 4x12 (studio chorus added via Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo post-amp)

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Tone Character

  • bright sizzly highs
  • cutting and expressive
  • crunchy fuzz texture
  • fast and energetic
  • percussive fingerstyle attack
  • raw and heavy
  • shimmering pedal tones
  • hypnotic rhythmic drive
  • searing lead lines
  • desert-inspired spaciousness

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