Riff Tone

superdeadfriends

YUNGBLUD

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarGibson ES-335

AmpFender Princeton Reverb (circa 1966, with Eminence 10" speaker)

PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock ES-335 type)

Amp Settings

gain6.5

bass5.5

mid5.5

treble7

reverb2

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording context for 'superdeadfriends' riff section; Adam Warrington is the main guitarist for YUNGBLUD's studio work. No evidence of pedal use for the riff section; amp is set for clean to edge-of-breakup rhythm tones. Year of recording: 2022.

Tone Character(10)

bright and articulatetight and percussivedynamic response to pickingslightly compressedcrisp high endwarm midrangeedge-of-breakup claritypunchy attackcontrolled low endminimal sustain

Difficulty

The riff requires solid rhythmic precision and dynamic control to achieve the percussive, edge-of-breakup tone, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.

Sources

Rig Rundown: Yungblud's Adam Warrington - Premier Guitar Yungblud’s Sound ▷ a Look at His Amps and Guitars “People have been trying to get us to switch to Kemper for years and we keep telling them to f**k off!”: Why Yungblud still uses real amps on stage | Guitar.com

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