Solo Tone

Landslide (Remastered)

Fleetwood Mac

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely 1970s, with Stratoblaster preamp mod)

AmpHiwatt Custom 100 (DR103, likely studio version)

PickupsFender single-coil (neck position, possibly with Stratoblaster active boost)

Amp Settings

gain0

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble7

reverb5.5

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1975; solo section. Some sources mention Stratoblaster preamp plugged into Strat. No evidence of other guitars or amps for this section.

Tone Character(10)

warm and smoothclean and bell-likeslightly compressedgentle sustainlush reverb ambiencearticulate fingerstylemellow highstouch-sensitiveno audible distortionrounded attack

Difficulty

The solo requires intermediate fingerstyle technique, subtle dynamic control, and precise phrasing to achieve the clean, expressive tone and articulation heard on the recording.

Sources

Fleetwood Mac | how achieve the solo guitar tone. - Reddit What guitar is used in the Landslide solo by Fleetwood Mac? - Reddit

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