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What You Know Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club · 2010s+ · rock

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
Fender Lead I Electric Guitar
Pickups
Fender single-coil (Lead I bridge pickup)
Amp
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup

Studio recording, 2010 album 'Tourist History'. Gear confirmed via Equipboard for Sam Halliday. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section in the studio. No evidence of alternate pickup wiring or modifications.

Amp Settings

Mids
6.5
Bass
5
Gain
4
Reverb
3
Treble
7.5
Presence
6

Effects Chain

  • MXR Analog Delay · delay

Fender Lead I (bridge pickup) → MXR Analog Delay → Mesa Boogie Mark V (clean channel, spring reverb)

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Tone Character

  • bright and jangly
  • crisp, percussive attack
  • tight, punchy transients
  • articulate, glassy highs
  • minimal breakup
  • clean, modern indie clarity
  • snappy, staccato picking
  • present, cutting tone
  • slight analog delay ambience
  • no audible overdrive or fuzz

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