Riff Tone

May This Be Love

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

Guitar1965 Fender Stratocaster

AmpMarshall JTM45 head with Marshall 4x12 cabinet

PickupsFender single-coil pickups (stock 1960s Stratocaster)

Amp Settings

gain6

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble5

reverb2

presence7

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1967. Gear confirmed for 'Are You Experienced' era. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for this song's riff section.

Tone Character(10)

warm and smoothedge-of-breakup crunchsinging sustaintouch-sensitiveBritish amp breakupdynamic response to pickingslightly compressed overdrivenot high-gain fuzzamp-driven distortionclassic rock bluesy drive

Difficulty

Requires intermediate control of dynamics and phrasing to achieve the touch-sensitive, singing sustain and smooth transitions characteristic of Hendrix's riff work.

Sources

A passionate Jimi Hendrix project - Deep Dive into ...Gear of the Gods: Jimi Hendrix - The Buyer's Guide Amp settings for Hendrix tone? : r/jimihendrix

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