Riff Tone

You Broke My Heart

Current Joys

Guitarother2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster (exact model unknown, but Telecaster shape and tone is widely cited for Nick Rattigan/Current Joys in this era)

AmpFender-style combo amp (exact model unknown, likely Fender Twin Reverb or similar clean amp, based on genre and era)

PickupsSingle-coil pickups (Fender Telecaster stock or similar)

Amp Settings

gain3.5

bass5.5

mid6

treble7

reverb5

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, released 2018 on 'A Different Age'. No direct evidence of live rig for this song. No explicit pedalboard or amp model cited for this specific recording. Gear inferred from artist's typical studio setup and genre conventions.

Tone Character(10)

bright and janglyslightly gritty cleanambient and reverberantdynamic and expressivearticulate single-coil claritymodest breakuplo-fi texturemelancholic moodnot heavily compressedopen, airy highs

Difficulty

The riff requires clean, articulate picking with dynamic control and a sense of timing typical of indie/lo-fi genres, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast tempos.

Sources

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