Riff Tone
Sober to Death
Car Seat Headrest
Guitarrock2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Custom
AmpVox AC15
PickupsHumbucker (stock Gibson Les Paul Custom pickups)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
mid6.5
treble6.5
reverb3.5
presence5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2018 (Twin Fantasy re-recording). Gear inferred from Equipboard and typical studio practices for Car Seat Headrest. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. No explicit pedalboard or amp settings found for this specific song/section.
Tone Character(10)
warm and slightly grittyclear and articulatelo-fi but polisheddynamic and expressiveslightly compressedmildly scratchy texturemelodic claritynot heavily overdrivenpunchy presencesubtle room ambience
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, precise picking and dynamic control to maintain clarity and the intended lo-fi texture, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.
Sources
Create an account to adapt this tone to your gear
Create Free AccountGuitarrock2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Custom
AmpVox AC15
PickupsHumbucker (stock Gibson Les Paul Custom pickups)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6
mid6.5
treble6.5
reverb3.5
presence5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2018 (Twin Fantasy re-recording). Gear inferred from Equipboard and typical studio practices for Car Seat Headrest. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. No explicit pedalboard or amp settings found for this specific song/section.
Tone Character(10)
warm and slightly grittyclear and articulatelo-fi but polisheddynamic and expressiveslightly compressedmildly scratchy texturemelodic claritynot heavily overdrivenpunchy presencesubtle room ambience
Difficulty
The riff requires clean, precise picking and dynamic control to maintain clarity and the intended lo-fi texture, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.
More Car Seat Headrest tones
- Beach Life-in-Death (Live at Crossroads KC, Kansas City, MO) · riff
- Bodys · riff
- Fill In the Blank (Live at the Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH) · riff
- Sober to Death · solo
- Something Soon · riff