Riff Tone

Cars Hiss By My Window

The Doors

Guitarblues1970s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson SG Special (1961, likely refinished red, as used by Robby Krieger on L.A. Woman sessions)

AmpFender Twin Reverb (blackface, mid-1960s, studio recording amp for L.A. Woman era)

PickupsP-90 single coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass6.5

mid6

treble6

reverb4

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1970-71 L.A. Woman sessions. No evidence of pedals or effects other than amp reverb. Krieger was known for using his Gibson SG Special with P-90s and a Fender Twin Reverb for clean blues tones in this era. No evidence of live performance gear or alternate guitars/amps for this song's riff section.

Tone Character(10)

warm and smoothrounded attackclear, bell-like cleanstouch-sensitiveslight tube breakup on hard pickingdynamic and expressivenatural tube compressionspring reverb ambienceno audible modulationno delay or chorus

Difficulty

The riff requires expressive blues phrasing, dynamic control, and subtle vibrato, but is not technically complex in terms of speed or advanced techniques.

Sources

Red house , cars hiss by my window : r/thedoors What is the Doors' most badass song? : r/thedoors My crappy cover of 'the cars hiss by my window' (wishing ...

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