Riff Tone

Hey Jude

The Beatles

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

Guitar1962 Gibson J-160E

AmpDirect Injection (DI) to EMI REDD.51 mixing console (no amp used for clean rhythm/riff section)

PickupsGibson P-90 single coil (neck position, under top)

Amp Settings

gain2

bass5.5

mid6

treble6.5

reverb2.5

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1968. For the clean rhythm/riff sections of 'Hey Jude', John Lennon played his Gibson J-160E acoustic-electric with the P-90 pickup, plugged directly into the EMI REDD.51 console. No amp or pedals were used for this part. This is distinct from the distorted guitar on 'Revolution', which was the B-side of the same single.

Tone Character(10)

warm and mellowrounded attackacoustic-electric claritysmooth midrangesoft, percussive strummingnatural sustainsubtle studio ambienceno audible distortiondirect, uncompressed soundgentle, organic feel

Difficulty

The riff section of 'Hey Jude' is straightforward, featuring simple open chord strumming with a steady rhythm and no advanced techniques.

Sources

The Beatles' guitars & amps: what they played on every album

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