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Wonderful Slippery Thing Guitar Tone Settings — Guthrie Govan

Guthrie Govan · 2000s · other

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Original Recording

Guitar
Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature (ash or basswood body, maple neck, HSH pickup configuration, Gotoh tremolo, Tremol-No system)
Pickups
Suhr SSV (neck, humbucker), Suhr FL (middle, single coil), Suhr SSH Plus (bridge, humbucker)
Amp
Suhr Badger 30 (head) with Vintage 30-style Warehouse speakers
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (Suhr SSH Plus humbucker)

Studio recording, original album version (2006). Guitar is confirmed as the Charvel Guthrie Govan Signature with Suhr pickups. Amp is Suhr Badger 30, used with power scaling. No evidence of Victory amps or Fractal units on the original studio recording; those are for later live use. Effects are mostly from pedals, not amp. Pickup selection for riff is typically bridge humbucker (SSH Plus) for clarity and snap. Year: 2006.

Amp Settings

Mids
7
Bass
6
Gain
5
Reverb
2.5
Treble
7
Presence
6.5

Effects Chain

  • Xotic Wah · wah
  • MXR Dyna Comp · compression
  • Providence Chorus · chorus
  • Delay pedal (model unknown) · delay
  • Reverb pedal (model unknown) · reverb
  • Volume pedal (model unknown) · other

Guitar → MXR Dyna Comp → Xotic Wah → Volume pedal → Providence Chorus → Delay pedal (model unknown) → Reverb pedal (model unknown) → Suhr Badger 30 amp

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Tone Character

  • tight and percussive
  • snappy and articulate
  • warm midrange
  • crisp high end
  • dynamic and touch-sensitive
  • slightly compressed
  • clear note separation
  • groovy and funky
  • mild breakup on strong attack
  • clean-ish with edge

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