Riff Tone

The Middle

Jimmy Eat World

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Jim Adkins JA-90 Telecaster Thinline

AmpOrange Overdrive 80 (studio, 2001) or Marshall JCM900 (possible alternate, but Orange most likely per era and interviews)

PickupsSeymour Duncan P-90 single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain6

bass6

mid7

treble7

reverb2.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2001. Jim Adkins used the JA-90 Telecaster Thinline with P-90s into an Orange Overdrive 80 head for the main riff. No evidence of digital amps or Fractal/Axe-Fx for the original studio recording. Live rigs changed in later years.

Tone Character(10)

bright and punchytight and percussiveslightly gritty edgearticulate chord definitionopen and ringingmid-forward presencecrisp highsdynamic pick attackno audible modulationclassic pop-punk crunch

Difficulty

The riff is fast and requires tight, consistent strumming and palm muting, but uses basic open and barre chord shapes without advanced techniques.

Sources

Jimmy Eat World on why they switched to Fractal Axe-Fx | Guitar World Jimmy Eat World tones : r/BossKatana - Reddit Alternative guitars for Jimmy Eat World songs : r/JimmyEatWorld

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