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Riff Tone

Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Remastered 2012)

The Smashing Pumpkins

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

Guitar1975 Fender Stratocaster
AmpMesa/Boogie Strategy 500 Poweramp (with likely Marshall preamp or rack preamp, see warnings)
PickupsLace Sensor Red (bridge), White (middle), Blue (neck)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5.5
mid6.5
treble6.5
reverb1
presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1995. Guitar: Billy Corgan's 1975 Fender Stratocaster with Lace Sensors, as used on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Amp: Mesa/Boogie Strategy 500 Poweramp, likely with Marshall or rack preamp. Clean sections are rare and brief in this song; settings are estimated for the clean intro/verse tone.

Tone Character(10)
glassy and brightarticulate and clearslightly compressedwarm but present midstight and percussive attackminimal breakupdynamic response to pickingsubtle amp reverbno modulation or time-based effectsStratocaster chime

Difficulty

The clean riff is straightforward but requires even picking and dynamic control to maintain clarity and avoid unwanted breakup. Chord voicings and muting must be precise for the part to sound clean and articulate.

Sources

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings | Wiki @ Ultimate-Guitar.comThe Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition) - Gear & Equipment Used on the Album

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