GuitarDistortedRiff
You Are Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Bass VI
Pickups
Fender single-coil Bass VI pickups
Amp
Line 6 DL4 (used as main effect), amp model unknown (likely Marshall or Fender in studio)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (likely, for rounder tone on Bass VI)
Stone Gossard played the main riff on a Fender Bass VI through a Line 6 DL4 pedal for the signature modulation effect. Studio recording, Riot Act album (2002). No evidence of traditional guitar amp being the primary tone shaper; the DL4 is central to the riff sound.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain5.5
Reverb2.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler · modulation
Fender Bass VI → Line 6 DL4 (modulation) → Amp (model unknown, likely Marshall or Fender, with light spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- heavily modulated
- synth-like
- stuttered, choppy effect
- deep swirling modulation
- thick and percussive
- mid-heavy
- slightly fuzzy
- processed and unique
- octave and delay-based modulation
- studio effect-driven