Riff Tone

Shade (Remastered)

Silverchair

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard (early 90s, likely Studio or Standard model)

AmpSoldano SLO-100 Super Lead Overdrive Head

PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock, likely 490R/498T or similar for early 90s Les Pauls)

Amp Settings

gain0

bass6

mid6

treble6.5

reverb2

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1994-1995. Gear confirmed for 'Frogstomp' album sessions, but no explicit source for clean section of 'Shade'. No evidence of alternate guitar/amp for clean parts; likely same Les Paul and Soldano amp with clean channel or rolled-back gain.

Tone Character(10)

clear and bell-likewarm and full-bodiedarticulate midrangerounded highssubtle compressionpresent low enddynamic and responsiveno audible breakupstudio claritynote separation

Difficulty

The riff requires clean, articulate chord playing with careful dynamics and picking accuracy, but no advanced techniques or fast passages.

Sources

How to replicate Shade from Frogstomp : r/silverchair - Reddit Daniel's Gear : r/silverchair - Reddit Frogstomp (Remastered) - Gear & Equipment Used on the Album

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