Riff Tone

The Very Old Man

Hum

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Jazzmaster (likely 1990s MIJ/CIJ or vintage, as used by Matt Talbott in studio)

AmpFender Twin Reverb (likely Silverface or reissue, as commonly used by Hum for clean tones in studio)

PickupsFender Jazzmaster single-coil pickups

Amp Settings

gain0

bass5.5

mid5.5

treble6.5

reverb3

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1995 (You'd Prefer an Astronaut sessions). No direct evidence for live rig or alternate guitars/amps for this clean section. Gear inferred from era, genre, and band interviews about clean tones.

Tone Character(10)

lush and ambientwarm and smoothclear single-coil articulationspacious and openslightly scooped midsrounded top endsubtle reverb depthno audible breakupsoft attackfull-bodied clean

Difficulty

The clean riff is easy to intermediate, requiring careful dynamics and clean chord voicings, but no advanced techniques or fast passages.

Sources

How to get Hum's guitar tone? - Reddit Why I like the robins guitar tone? : r/hum - Reddit Song Discussion - The Very Old Man : r/hum - Reddit

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