Riff Tone
Mother Maria (feat. Beth Hart)
Slash
Guitarrock2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 2000s reissue, as per Slash's main studio guitar for this era)
AmpMarshall Silver Jubilee 2555 (studio recording, 2010 era, Slash's primary clean/edge-of-breakup amp for solo material)
PickupsSeymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb3
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2010 (from 'Slash' solo album sessions). No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. Live gear may differ, but this is for the studio version.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothrounded attackclear and articulateslightly compressedbell-like cleansno breakupdynamic response to pickingstudio ambienceno audible chorus or delayclassic rock clean with modern clarity
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, articulate chord work and dynamic control, but no advanced techniques or fast passages, making it accessible to intermediate players.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 2000s reissue, as per Slash's main studio guitar for this era)
AmpMarshall Silver Jubilee 2555 (studio recording, 2010 era, Slash's primary clean/edge-of-breakup amp for solo material)
PickupsSeymour Duncan Alnico II Pro humbuckers
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb3
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2010 (from 'Slash' solo album sessions). No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. Live gear may differ, but this is for the studio version.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothrounded attackclear and articulateslightly compressedbell-like cleansno breakupdynamic response to pickingstudio ambienceno audible chorus or delayclassic rock clean with modern clarity
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, articulate chord work and dynamic control, but no advanced techniques or fast passages, making it accessible to intermediate players.
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