Solo Tone

One Way or Another

Blondie

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1972 Fender Telecaster

Amp1970s Fender Twin Reverb

PickupsFender single-coil (stock Telecaster pickups, 1972)

Amp Settings

gain5

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble7

reverb3

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1978. Gear inferred from era, band interviews, and period photos. No direct evidence of pedals or effects used on the original studio solo. Chris Stein is known to have used a 1972 Fender Telecaster and Fender Twin Reverb in the late 1970s. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the original recording.

Tone Character(10)

bright and bitingslightly gritty edge-of-breakuparticulate and cuttingtight, focused attackclear note separationdynamic response to pickingmodest amp breakupclassic punk/new wave timbreno audible effectsdirect, unprocessed sound

Difficulty

The solo requires clean, fast picking and articulation on a bright, cutting tone, but does not involve advanced techniques or complex phrasing.

Sources

Rig Rundown - Blondie's Chris Stein and Tommy Kessler What gives an amp it's character? - Equipboard

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