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Riff Tone

up around the bend

Hanoi Rocks

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson Explorer
AmpMarshall JCM2000 TSL 100
PickupsGibson humbuckers (likely stock, 1980s era)

Amp Settings

gain6.5
bass6
mid7
treble7
reverb2
presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1984 (from 'Up Around the Bend: The Definitive Collection'). Gear inferred from Equipboard and era-appropriate sources. No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section.

Tone Character(10)
dirty and grittycrunchy and saturatedbright and cuttingpunchy attackraw and energeticfocused midsslightly compressedtight and articulateminimal ambienceclassic glam rock crunch

Difficulty

The riff is fast and requires tight, aggressive picking and muting, but uses straightforward chord shapes and rhythm patterns, making it accessible to intermediate players.

Sources

Hanoi Rocks Members, Gear & Sound | Equipboard

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