Riff Tone

Happiness

The Longshot

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (likely American Standard or similar, as used by Billie Joe Armstrong in The Longshot era)

AmpMarshall DSL40C (most likely, based on user and forum consensus for Billie Joe Armstrong/Longshot clean tones)

PickupsFender single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain0

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb2.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2018. No direct evidence for exact model, but inferred from Billie Joe Armstrong's typical gear in The Longshot era and forum discussions. No evidence of pedal use for clean sections.

Tone Character(10)

bright and articulatetight and percussiveopen and airydynamic responseslight top-end sparklefocused lowssnappy attackclear, uncompressedsubtle reverbno audible modulation

Difficulty

The riff requires clean, precise picking and tight rhythm but uses straightforward chord shapes and no advanced techniques.

Sources

How to get a GD/Longshot like Guitar tone (Marshall Amp DSL40C ...The Longshot megathread : r/greenday

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