Riff Tone

say it aint so

Unknown Artist

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Jaguar

AmpFender Twin Reverb (Electric Lady's studio amp)

PickupsSingle-coil (Fender Jaguar stock pickups)

Amp Settings

gain5

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb3

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

wahUnknown Wah pedal (cocked, model unknown)

Notes

Studio recording, 1994, Blue Album session. Guitar and amp confirmed for riff section by Equipboard and Reddit sources. No evidence of live/tour gear or alternate guitars for this section.

Tone Character(10)

glassy clean with slight gritbright and articulatedynamic and touch-sensitiveopen, ringing chordsslightly compressedfull-bodiedmild breakup on harder strumswarm low endclear note separationno audible modulation or time-based effects

Difficulty

The riff requires tight rhythm playing with dynamic control to maintain the clean/edge-of-breakup tone, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.

Sources

Say It Ain't So distortion : r/weezer - Reddit Rivers Cuomo - Equipboard Rig tour: Weezer - MusicRadar Can I get a decent blue album tone with an orange crush 20 amp?

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