Riff Tone

Say It Ain't So

Weezer

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Jaguar

AmpMesa/Boogie Mark I

PickupsSingle-coil (Fender Jaguar stock pickups, with strangle switch engaged)

Amp Settings

gain6

bass5.5

mid7

treble7

reverb2

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1994 Blue Album session. Guitar confirmed by Equipboard and Reddit sources for riff section; amp confirmed by multiple sources for studio use. Not live rig.

Tone Character(10)

chimey and percussiveslightly gritty edge-of-breakupbright and articulatetight, focused attacksingle-coil claritymid-forward presencenot heavily saturateddistinctive slinky tone from strangle switchopen, airy feeldynamic, touch-responsive

Difficulty

The riff requires tight rhythmic accuracy, dynamic control for the edge-of-breakup tone, and some palm muting, but is accessible to intermediate players.

Sources

Rivers Cuomo | Equipboard how can I get a better blue album weezer tone? using an sg ... - Reddit Rig tour: Weezer | MusicRadar How can I get guitar tone like Weezer on The Blue Album? - Reddit Say It Ain't So distortion : r/weezer - Reddit

This tone has been researched 10 times by the community

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