Riff Tone
New Orleans Is a Dying Whore
DOWN
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s-early 2000s, as used by Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein in studio)
AmpPeavey 5150 (studio recording amp for Down II era, high-gain metal standard)
PickupsSeymour Duncan SH-4 JB (bridge humbucker, typical for Down's studio recordings in this era)
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6.5
mid5
treble6.5
reverb0
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2001-2002, Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow. No direct source confirms exact guitar/amp for this song, but Down's studio rig for this album is widely documented as Les Pauls with high-output humbuckers into Peavey 5150s. No evidence of live rig or alternate gear for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivechunky, saturated distortionaggressive palm mutingsludgy low endcompressed and thickminimal ambienceartificial harmonics cut throughmodern metal claritydry, focused soundheavy, detuned riffing
Difficulty
The riff requires solid palm muting, aggressive picking, and accurate artificial harmonics, but is rhythmically straightforward and not extremely fast.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s-early 2000s, as used by Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein in studio)
AmpPeavey 5150 (studio recording amp for Down II era, high-gain metal standard)
PickupsSeymour Duncan SH-4 JB (bridge humbucker, typical for Down's studio recordings in this era)
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6.5
mid5
treble6.5
reverb0
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2001-2002, Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow. No direct source confirms exact guitar/amp for this song, but Down's studio rig for this album is widely documented as Les Pauls with high-output humbuckers into Peavey 5150s. No evidence of live rig or alternate gear for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivechunky, saturated distortionaggressive palm mutingsludgy low endcompressed and thickminimal ambienceartificial harmonics cut throughmodern metal claritydry, focused soundheavy, detuned riffing
Difficulty
The riff requires solid palm muting, aggressive picking, and accurate artificial harmonics, but is rhythmically straightforward and not extremely fast.
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