Riff Tone

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

The Beatles

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

GuitarEpiphone Casino

AmpDirect-in to EMI REDD.47 mic preamp (overdriven console), possibly Vox AC30 or Fender Showman for monitoring

PickupsEpiphone P-90 single-coil

Amp Settings

gain7

bass6

mid7

treble7

reverb1

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1968. For the riff section, guitars were plugged directly into the Abbey Road mixing console and overdriven for a saturated, fuzzy tone. No evidence of live amp miking for the main distorted riff. Gear confirmed for White Album sessions.

Tone Character(10)

heavily saturatedmid-heavy crunchfuzzy edgecompressed attackraw and aggressivetight and percussiveslightly nasalclassic British rock drivenotably loud and forward in the mixminimal ambience

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, aggressive picking with precise muting and rhythmic accuracy, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.

Sources

Guide to The Beatles' White Album: the Recording Equipment, the ...

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