Riff Tone

Bittersweet Memories

Bullet for My Valentine

Guitarmetal2000s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Cyber Twin (amp's built-in effects used for clean tone); likely ESP LTD EC-1000 or similar (studio recording era, see notes)

AmpFender Cyber Twin (used for all clean tones on The Poison album)

PickupsEMG 81/85 active humbuckers (typical for Bullet for My Valentine on The Poison album, see warnings)

Amp Settings

gain0

bass5.5

mid5

treble7

reverb3

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2005 era. The Poison album clean tones were tracked with a Fender Cyber Twin combo using its built-in chorus and delay. Guitar is most likely an ESP LTD EC-1000 with EMG 81/85 pickups, as used by Michael Paget and Matt Tuck during this era. No evidence of pedals for clean tone; all effects from amp. Settings estimated based on typical Cyber Twin clean setup and genre. Pickup selector likely neck or neck+middle for warmth.

Tone Character(10)

shimmering and lushbright but not harshslightly modulated (chorus effect)clear and articulatewarm and smoothprocessed with digital delay and chorusmodern, polished clean soundmedium sustainnot compressed or squasheddynamic response to picking

Difficulty

The clean riff requires accurate arpeggiated picking and smooth chord transitions, but is not technically demanding. The main challenge is maintaining clarity and dynamics with chorus and delay effects.