Riff Tone

I Want to Hold Your Hand

The Beatles

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

Guitar1963 Rickenbacker 325 Capri

AmpVox AC30

PickupsRickenbacker single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble7

reverb1

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1963; John Lennon played rhythm on a Rickenbacker 325 through a Vox AC30. No pedals were used; all effects are from the amp or studio. George Harrison played a 1962 Gretsch Country Gentleman for lead, but the riff section is Lennon's clean rhythm part.

Tone Character(10)

bright and articulatejangly and chimeytight, percussive attackslightly compressedclear top endclassic British Invasion cleanlow output single-coil clarityminimal breakupdynamic response to pickingpunchy rhythm

Difficulty

The riff requires steady, energetic strumming and precise chord changes at a brisk tempo, but uses basic open and barre chords with no advanced techniques.

Sources

How did The Beatles get that fuzzy guitar tone on 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'Get a Beatles Style Tone with AMPED 1 - Blackstar

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