Riff Tone

A Certain Shade of Green

Incubus

Guitarmetal1990s

Original Gear

GuitarPRS CE24 (1990s, bolt-on maple neck, alder body, 24 frets, HFS/Vintage Bass pickups)

AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 2-channel version, 1990s)

PickupsPRS HFS (bridge humbucker), PRS Vintage Bass (neck humbucker)

Amp Settings

gain7

bass6

mid6

treble6.5

reverb1.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

distortionMesa/Boogie Distortion from amp (Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier high-gain channel)

Notes

Studio recording, 1997, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. album. Mike Einziger was known to use a PRS CE24 into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for the heavy riff sections on this album. No direct evidence of pedal use for this song's riff, but the tone is high-gain and percussive. No evidence of live or alternate gear for the studio recording.

Tone Character(10)

tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingchunky, saturated distortionarticulate attackfocused low endclear note separation under gainmodern funk-metal crunchdynamic pick attackslight top-end sizzlefast, syncopated rhythm

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, syncopated alternate picking with tight palm muting and precise rhythmic control, making it challenging for most intermediate players.

Sources

Anyone have a handle on what Mike Einziger of Incubus has in his rig What is your favorite tone in an Incubus song? - Reddit

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