Riff Tone

This Is The Life

Two Door Cinema Club

Guitarrock2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarFender Standard Stratocaster (Mexico)

AmpKorg MS-20 (used as filter/amp in studio signal chain, not a traditional guitar amp)

PickupsFender single-coil pickups (stock on Mexican Standard Stratocaster)

Amp Settings

gain2

bass5

mid6.5

treble7.5

reverb3

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2010 (Tourist History album). Sam Halliday stated the guitar was run through a Korg MS-20 synth for filtering/amp simulation on this track. No evidence of traditional guitar amp use for the clean riff section.

Tone Character(10)

bright and glassyarticulate and definedtight and percussiveslightly filtered/processedclean with no breakupmodest ambiencesnappy attackno modulation or chorusstudio claritydynamic response to picking

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, accurate picking with tight muting and rhythmic precision to maintain the clean, percussive sound. While not technically advanced, the tempo and articulation demand solid intermediate skill.

Sources

Sam Halliday's Guitar Gear | Equipboard

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