Riff Tone

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Arctic monkeys

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Stratocaster (Arctic White, maple neck, likely MIM Standard)

AmpFender Blackface Twin Reverb (mid-60s, not a reissue, likely studio amp); possible use of small vintage Fender Champ for recording

PickupsFender single-coil Stratocaster pickups (stock or vintage-style, exact model unknown)

Amp Settings

gain3

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb6

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2007 (Favourite Worst Nightmare). No evidence of Orange amps or ProCo RAT on this specific track; main riff is clean with heavy reverb, but user requests focus on any driven/distorted sections. No evidence of significant distortion pedals or amp gain for this song/section.

Tone Character(10)

lush and ambientvery strong reverbsmooth and mellowwarm neck pickup characterclean, bell-like attackatmospheric and dreamyno audible crunch or distortiongentle, melodic phrasingopen, airy soundclassic Fender clean sparkle

Difficulty

The riff is easy to intermediate, requiring clean picking and chord transitions with a focus on timing and dynamics to maintain the song's atmospheric quality.

Sources

[GEAR] What gear does Arctic Monkeys user in their first album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" : r/Guitar "Only ones who knows" : r/arcticmonkeys

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