Solo Tone

Sunday Girl

Blondie

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1972 Fender Telecaster

AmpMusic Man 212-HD One Thirty

PickupsFender single-coil (stock Telecaster pickups)

Amp Settings

gain3.5

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble7

reverb3

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1978. Gear inferred from known Parallel Lines session details and era-correct Blondie interviews. No direct source for solo-specific gear, but Chris Stein is documented using a 1972 Telecaster and Music Man amp for the album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the solo section.

Tone Character(10)

bright and janglyarticulate and melodicslightly overdriven edgepop claritytouch of gritclean with mild breakupno heavy distortiondry and upfrontsolo sits above the mixclassic New Wave guitar sound

Difficulty

The solo is melodic and requires clean articulation and phrasing, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages. Moderate difficulty due to phrasing and timing.

Sources

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

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