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Your Love Riff Guitar Tone Settings — The Outfield
The Outfield · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Telecaster
Pickups
Single-coil (Fender Telecaster stock pickups, likely 1980s era)
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Express 5:25 1x12 Combo Amp
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1985, Play Deep album. Guitarist John Spinks is confirmed to have used a Fender Telecaster and a Mesa/Boogie Express 5:25 1x12 Combo Amp for The Outfield's signature sound. No evidence of other guitars or amps for the riff section of 'Your Love'.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain5.5
Reverb3
Treble7.5
Presence6
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Tone Character
- bright and articulate
- crisp attack
- tight and percussive
- slightly overdriven
- clear note separation
- dynamic and responsive
- punchy rhythm
- 80s pop/rock sheen
- melodic clarity
- not overly compressed