Riff Tone

Alpha Kappa Fall of Troy the Movie Part Deux (2 Disc Director's Cut)

Modern Baseball

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (likely American Standard or Mexican Standard, single-coil pickups)

AmpFender Hot Rod DeVille 212 (most commonly used by Modern Baseball in studio and live during this era)

PickupsFender single-coil (stock Telecaster pickups)

Amp Settings

gain5.5

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb3

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2014 (You're Gonna Miss It All album). No direct evidence for this specific song, but all available interviews and live photos from this era show Jake Ewald and Brendan Lukens using Fender Telecasters into Fender Hot Rod DeVille amps with minimal pedals. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this track.

Tone Character(10)

bright and janglyslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and cleartight, punchy attackopen and dynamicmodest amp reverb for spacemid-forward indie/emopercussive rhythmclear note separationenergetic strumming

Difficulty

The riff requires moderately fast, precise strumming and chord changes with a dynamic, punchy feel, but does not involve advanced techniques or complex fingerings.

Sources

how do i get the “Sports” guitar tone ? : r/modernbaseball - Reddit How to get the Modern Baseball sound from their latest album "Holy ...Modernbaseball Amp Settings - TikTok

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