Riff Tone

BITTERSUITE

Billie Eilish

Guitarother2010s+

Original Gear

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass3

mid3.5

treble3

reverb1

presence2.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

No evidence of guitar used in the riff section of 'BITTERSUITE' by Billie Eilish. All available sources and listening indicate the riff is performed on a synthesizer, specifically the FabFilter Twin 3 soft synth with the 'Hit me soft, Hit me hard' preset. No guitar, pickups, or amp are present in the studio recording of this section. Studio recording, 2024.

Tone Character(10)

synth-basedpulsing with the bassraspy texturedynamic velocity responsewarm and digitalno guitar artifactsno amp colorationclean and processeddistinctive synth characterno string or pick noise

Difficulty

The riff section is performed on a synthesizer, not guitar, so there is no guitar difficulty involved.

Sources

The FabFilter synth preset that inspired the name of Billie Eilish's Hit ...Help creating a certain sound! : r/GarageBand - Reddit billie eilish opening synth on bittersuite : r/synthesizers - Reddit

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