Riff Tone

Black Magic Woman (2018 Master)

Fleetwood Mac

Guitarblues1960s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard 'Burst' (1959, 'Greeny')

AmpMarshall JTM45 (original, late 1960s, likely 4x12 cab)

PickupsOriginal PAF humbuckers, out-of-phase wiring (neck and bridge)

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass7

mid6.5

treble6

reverb4

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1968; Peter Green's 'Greeny' Les Paul with out-of-phase pickups was used for the riff section. No evidence of pedals; amp reverb may have been added in the studio mix, but not via pedal or amp effect. Settings are for the clean, riff section as heard on the original Fleetwood Mac recording, not the Santana cover.

Tone Character(10)

warm and smoothairy and delicatetouch-sensitiveclear and dynamicslightly hollow out-of-phase soundsubtle spring reverbclean with slight edge-of-breakuprounded highsfull-bodied midsresponsive to picking dynamics

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate skill due to its subtle dynamic phrasing, the unique out-of-phase pickup sound, and the need for precise timing and clean articulation in a swung blues feel.

Sources

Peter Green - Equipboard How Peter Green changed the course of blues-rock guitar

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