GuitarDistortedRiff
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Guitar Tone Settings
The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1960s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1968 Fender Stratocaster (right-handed, strung left-handed, maple neck, stock single-coil pickups)
Pickups
Fender single-coil (late 1960s, stock Strat pickups)
Amp
1966 Marshall Super Lead 100 (Model 1959, 100-watt, into Marshall 4x12 cabinets with Celestion G12M speakers)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1968, Electric Ladyland sessions. Gear confirmed by multiple sources for the studio version. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section. Fuzz Face and Vox wah confirmed for this song and era.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain5.5
Reverb0
Treble7
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face · fuzz
- Vox Clyde McCoy Wah · wah
Guitar → Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face → Vox Clyde McCoy Wah → Marshall Super Lead 100 → Marshall 4x12 cabinet (no amp reverb, no effects loop)
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Tone Character
- thick and saturated fuzz
- dynamic wah sweeps
- fat, mid-forward sound
- touch-sensitive and expressive
- vocal-like filter effects
- raw and aggressive attack
- singing sustain
- percussive riffing
- classic late-60s fuzz character
- articulate single-coil clarity