Riff Tone

Butterfly

Crazy Town

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Stratocaster (John Frusciante, sampled from RHCP's 'Pretty Little Ditty')

AmpMarshall Major (John Frusciante, sampled from RHCP's 'Pretty Little Ditty')

PickupsFender single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain0

bass6

mid6.5

treble7

reverb2

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1999-2000. The riff in 'Butterfly' is a direct sample of John Frusciante's guitar from Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Pretty Little Ditty' (1989), not newly recorded by Crazy Town. No evidence of additional guitar overdubs or effects by Crazy Town for the riff section.

Tone Character(10)

clean and bell-likebright and glassywarm with subtle compressionarticulate single-coil clarityclear note separationslightly rounded attackdynamic and touch-sensitiveno audible distortionsubtle room ambiencevintage Stratocaster sparkle

Difficulty

The riff is technically simple but requires clean, precise picking and good timing to maintain the clarity and feel of the sampled Stratocaster part.

Sources

TIL that the famous guitarriff from Crazy Town's 'Butterfly' is actually a sample from an instrumental Red Hot Chili Peppers song TIL That 'Butterfly' By Crazy Town Samples 'Pretty Little Ditty'

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