Riff Tone

Hold On

John Lennon

Guitarblues1970s

Original Gear

GuitarEpiphone Casino (1965, sunburst, hollowbody electric)

AmpFender Twin Reverb (Blackface, mid-late 1960s)

PickupsGibson P-90 single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain3

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb2.5

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1970, Plastic Ono Band sessions. No evidence of pedals or additional effects used on this track. All tone is guitar → amp. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and typical Lennon studio setup for this album.

Tone Character(10)

warm and woodyslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and dynamicopen and airytouch-sensitivenatural tube compressionclear single notesmild breakup on strong attackno pedal colorationorganic, unprocessed sound

Difficulty

The riff requires fingerstyle technique and dynamic control to maintain the clean, touch-sensitive tone and groove, but does not involve complex chord voicings or fast passages.

Sources

John Lennon's Guitar Gear, Pedalboard & Amps | Equipboard The Beatles' Get Back gear: guitars and amps in the documentary | Guitar World

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