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Tick Tick Boom Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Hives
The Hives · 2000s · punk
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Telecaster Cabronita
Pickups
TV Jones Filter'Tron-style humbucker (bridge position)
Amp
Fender Bandmaster (blackface) and 1976 Fender Vibrolux Reverb into vintage Hiwatt 4x12 cab with Celestion Heritage Greenback speakers
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2007 (The Black and White Album). All sources agree Arson used the Telecaster Cabronita with the Bandmaster and Vibrolux amps simultaneously, both always on, into a Hiwatt cab. No evidence of live/tour substitutions for the studio version.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain7
Reverb1.5
Treble7.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard Harmonic Generator Intermodulator · fuzz
Fender Telecaster Cabronita (bridge pickup) → Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard fuzz → Fender Bandmaster + 1976 Fender Vibrolux Reverb (both always on) → vintage Hiwatt 4x12 cab
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Tone Character
- gritty and aggressive
- fuzzed-out crunch
- tight and percussive
- sharp attack
- raw and immediate
- garage-punk bite
- abrasive yet melodic
- punchy midrange
- slightly scooped lows
- bright, cutting highs