Riff Tone

Paint It Black

The Rolling Stones

Guitarrock1960s

Original Gear

Guitar1964 Vox Teardrop Mark VI (Vox Phantom VI may also have been used on some tracks, but Mark VI is most associated with the riff)

AmpFender Blackface Twin Reverb

PickupsVox single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain2.5

bass5.5

mid6

treble7

reverb2

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1966. Brian Jones played the main riff on a Vox Teardrop Mark VI through a Fender Twin Reverb. No pedals or effects are documented for the clean riff section. The Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone was used on other Stones tracks, but not on the clean riff of 'Paint It Black'.

Tone Character(10)

bright and janglypercussive attackclean and articulateslightly thin single-coil soundclear note separationdynamic response to pickingslight spring reverb ambienceno audible distortionclassic 1960s British Invasion cleanfocused, present upper mids

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and string skipping at a brisk tempo, but does not involve advanced techniques or complex chord voicings.

Sources

Good setup to sound like The Rolling Stones? : r/guitars Keith Richards' Guitars, Gear & Amps | Equipboard Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone - What To Know & Where To Buy | Equipboard

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