Riff Tone

Born In Winter

GOJIRA

Guitarmetal2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarESP Eclipse (likely custom, as used by Joe Duplantier in studio)

AmpEVH 5150 III (likely clean channel, as used on 'L'Enfant Sauvage' album sessions)

PickupsEMG 81 (bridge), EMG 60 (neck) active humbuckers

Amp Settings

gain0

bass5.5

mid5

treble7

reverb2

presence6.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2012 (L'Enfant Sauvage album). Clean section. No evidence of alternate guitars/amps for clean part. Joe Duplantier is known to use ESP Eclipse with EMG pickups and EVH 5150 III amps in studio for this era.

Tone Character(10)

clean and glassybright and articulateslightly scooped midstight attackmodern metal claritysubtle reverb ambienceno audible breakuppercussive dynamicsbridge pickup bitestudio-polished

Difficulty

The clean riff requires intermediate to advanced tapping technique, precise timing, and clean articulation to avoid unwanted noise, making it moderately challenging for most players.

Sources

Getting the right tone for Gojira's Born In Winter. : r/Guitar Tuning of Gojira songs ( for guitar players ) - Reddit How does one obtain gojira guitar tone - Reddit

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