Riff Tone
Smash It Up (Pts. 1 & 2)
The Damned
Guitarpunk1970s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson SG Standard (late 1960s/early 1970s, as used by Captain Sensible on 'Machine Gun Etiquette')
AmpMarshall JMP 50-watt head (1970s, likely into Marshall 4x12 cab)
PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock, late 60s/early 70s SG)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
mid7
treble7
reverb0.5
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1979. No pedals or effects used for clean sections; guitar plugged straight into amp. Captain Sensible preferred a clean, unprocessed tone for rhythm/clean parts. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and artist interviews. No evidence of effects or pedals on clean riff sections.
Tone Character(10)
bright and punchyclear and articulatetight percussive attackno audible reverb or delayslightly edgy but cleandynamic response to pickinguncompressed, rawmid-forward presenceclassic punk clarityno modulation or time-based effects
Difficulty
The riff is fast and requires tight, consistent downstroke strumming typical of punk, but uses simple chord shapes and no advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson SG Standard (late 1960s/early 1970s, as used by Captain Sensible on 'Machine Gun Etiquette')
AmpMarshall JMP 50-watt head (1970s, likely into Marshall 4x12 cab)
PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock, late 60s/early 70s SG)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
mid7
treble7
reverb0.5
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1979. No pedals or effects used for clean sections; guitar plugged straight into amp. Captain Sensible preferred a clean, unprocessed tone for rhythm/clean parts. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and artist interviews. No evidence of effects or pedals on clean riff sections.
Tone Character(10)
bright and punchyclear and articulatetight percussive attackno audible reverb or delayslightly edgy but cleandynamic response to pickinguncompressed, rawmid-forward presenceclassic punk clarityno modulation or time-based effects
Difficulty
The riff is fast and requires tight, consistent downstroke strumming typical of punk, but uses simple chord shapes and no advanced techniques.
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