Riff Tone
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Third Eye Blind
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson ES-335 (Kevin Cadogan's main guitar on debut album)
Amp1969 Marshall Plexi (main), possibly blended with Marshall JCM800 and Fender Hot Rod DeVille (studio only, per source)
PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock ES-335 pickups, likely '57 Classics or similar)
Amp Settings
gain3
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb2.5
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1997 debut album. 80% of album tracked with Marshall Plexi/JCM800; clean tones likely used ES-335 into Marshall Plexi with low gain. No evidence of pedal use for clean riff. Live rigs and later band members not relevant for this era/recording.
Tone Character(10)
chiming and openarticulate and percussivewarm low endslightly scooped midsbright but not harsh highsdynamic and touch-sensitiveminimal breakupfull-bodied resonancestudio-polished cleansemi-hollow airiness
Difficulty
The riff is accessible to most players with basic barre and open chord skills, but requires clean technique and even dynamics to sound polished.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson ES-335 (Kevin Cadogan's main guitar on debut album)
Amp1969 Marshall Plexi (main), possibly blended with Marshall JCM800 and Fender Hot Rod DeVille (studio only, per source)
PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock ES-335 pickups, likely '57 Classics or similar)
Amp Settings
gain3
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb2.5
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1997 debut album. 80% of album tracked with Marshall Plexi/JCM800; clean tones likely used ES-335 into Marshall Plexi with low gain. No evidence of pedal use for clean riff. Live rigs and later band members not relevant for this era/recording.
Tone Character(10)
chiming and openarticulate and percussivewarm low endslightly scooped midsbright but not harsh highsdynamic and touch-sensitiveminimal breakupfull-bodied resonancestudio-polished cleansemi-hollow airiness
Difficulty
The riff is accessible to most players with basic barre and open chord skills, but requires clean technique and even dynamics to sound polished.
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