Riff Tone

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Royal Blood

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarGretsch Electromatic G2220 Junior Jet II Bass (used as main instrument for riff, with octave and distortion pedals to emulate guitar tones)

AmpDual amp setup: Orange AD200B Bass Head (for bass frequencies) + Marshall guitar amp (model not specified, likely JCM800 or similar for guitar frequencies)

PickupsGretsch Mini Humbuckers (stock on G2220)

Amp Settings

gain7.5

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble7

reverb1

presence6.5

Effects & Signal Chain

octaveElectro-Harmonix Electro-Harmonix POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator)

fuzzElectro-Harmonix Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi

otherBoss Boss LS-2 Line Selector

compressionUnknown Compressor pedal (model unknown)

Notes

Studio recording, 2014. Mike Kerr uses a bass guitar split into two chains: one for bass (Orange AD200B) and one for guitar (Marshall, model unspecified), with heavy use of octave and distortion pedals to create the riff sound. No evidence of a standard 6-string guitar on the riff section.

Tone Character(10)

massive and fuzzytight and punchyoctave-up harmonicsaggressive and saturatedpercussive attackarticulate note separationthick, synth-like texturecompressed and focusedmodern rock edgesplit-frequency clarity

Difficulty

The riff requires tight rhythmic control, muting, and coordination with octave/fuzz pedals, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or extreme speed.

Sources

How to sound like Royal Blood's Mike Kerr on a budget | Guitar World Royal Blood‘s Mike Kerr finally reveals his bass gear secrets | Guitar World Royal Blood setup with usual pedals(size limit: Pedaltrain-2) - Reddit

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