Riff Tone

Sunday Girl

Blondie

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1970s Fender Stratocaster (likely, as used by Chris Stein on Parallel Lines sessions)

Amp1970s Fender Twin Reverb (likely, based on era and genre; no explicit source for exact amp on this track)

PickupsFender single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain3

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble7

reverb3.5

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1978. No direct evidence for pedals or alternate guitars for this specific track. Gear inferred from band/era and typical studio setups for Blondie on Parallel Lines.

Tone Character(10)

bright and janglyclean and articulatecrisp highstight, percussive attackpresent midrangestudio clarityno audible breakuppop/new wave sparkleeffortless melodic hooksno audible modulation or delay

Difficulty

The riff is rhythmically tight and requires clean, articulate picking, but uses straightforward chord shapes and no advanced techniques.

Sources

The Lowlist: Blondie’s Parallel Lines – the album that defined New Wave | Guitar World

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