Riff Tone

Don't Let Me Down

The Beatles

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

Guitar1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster

AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, 85-watt combo, 2x12 speakers)

PickupsFender single-coil Telecaster pickups

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb2.5

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, January 1969 Get Back/Let It Be sessions. Harrison played the Rosewood Telecaster through a Fender Twin Reverb for the clean riff sections. No evidence of pedals or additional effects for the clean rhythm part. Lennon played rhythm on Epiphone Casino, but the main clean riff is Harrison on Telecaster.

Tone Character(10)

clear and bell-likearticulate and percussive attackwarm but present midrangeslightly scooped lowssparkling highs without harshnessdynamic and touch-sensitivestudio claritysubtle room ambienceno audible breakup or driveno audible modulation or time-based effects

Difficulty

The riff requires tight rhythmic precision and dynamic control to keep the clean Telecaster tone articulate and percussive, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.

Sources

The Beatles' Get Back gear: guitars and amps in the documentary | Guitar World The guitar gear behind the Beatles' Let It Be sessions | Guitar World

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