Riff Tone
Bother
Stone Sour
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarIbanez SA Custom Shop (Josh Rand's main studio guitar for Stone Sour debut album)
AmpHughes & Kettner Triamp (main amp for studio recording, blended with Soldano SLO100 on some tracks)
PickupsIbanez SA stock humbucker (likely Ibanez/DiMarzio HSS configuration, humbucker in bridge position)
Amp Settings
gain3.5
bass6
mid6.5
treble6.5
reverb3.5
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2002. Josh Rand used his Ibanez SA custom shop guitar and Hughes & Kettner Triamp as main rig for the debut Stone Sour album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for 'Bother' riff section. No evidence of pedal use for this clean/edge-of-breakup tone.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and clearopen and airydynamic response to pickingminimal compressionno heavy effectsnatural amp breakupnot high-gainstudio ambience
Difficulty
The riff is played cleanly with fingerpicking and requires good dynamic control to maintain the edge-of-breakup tone, but does not involve complex chords or advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
GuitarIbanez SA Custom Shop (Josh Rand's main studio guitar for Stone Sour debut album)
AmpHughes & Kettner Triamp (main amp for studio recording, blended with Soldano SLO100 on some tracks)
PickupsIbanez SA stock humbucker (likely Ibanez/DiMarzio HSS configuration, humbucker in bridge position)
Amp Settings
gain3.5
bass6
mid6.5
treble6.5
reverb3.5
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2002. Josh Rand used his Ibanez SA custom shop guitar and Hughes & Kettner Triamp as main rig for the debut Stone Sour album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for 'Bother' riff section. No evidence of pedal use for this clean/edge-of-breakup tone.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and clearopen and airydynamic response to pickingminimal compressionno heavy effectsnatural amp breakupnot high-gainstudio ambience
Difficulty
The riff is played cleanly with fingerpicking and requires good dynamic control to maintain the edge-of-breakup tone, but does not involve complex chords or advanced techniques.
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