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Back In Black
Clean-ish, punchy crunch with far less gain than it sounds: a loud stack, no pedals, every chord distinct.
Highway To Hell
Open, ringing 70s stack crunch for big open chords: slightly warmer and looser than the later records.
Plexi Crunch
Loud non-master amp at the edge of breakup, nothing in front. Clean up with the guitar volume.
Thunderstruck
Bright, articulate lead crunch for the fast intro figure: a touch more gain and treble than the rhythm sound, still dry.
Do I Wanna Know
Dark, fuzzy, slow-burning riff tone: overdrive into a British combo with the top rolled off and a deep reverb.
Iron Man
Slow, massive riff tone: the same boosted amp with more low end and a darker top.
Paranoid
The original heavy sound: a treble booster into a loud British amp. Thick mids, fuzzy edges, not much actual gain.
War Pigs
Open, roomy version of the boosted-amp sound for the big sustained chords and the solo, with a little reverb.
Johnny B Goode
50s rock and roll: a small tweed amp turned up until double-stops bark, with no effects.
Fix You
Chiming, lightly driven lead for the build and climax, with a clear repeating delay and a big reverb.
Yellow
Thick, fuzzy-edged overdriven strum: a British combo turned up until open chords smear together, with a wide reverb.
Smoke On The Water
The riff sound: a single-coil guitar into a very loud stack, giving a thick but clear overdrive with no pedals.
My Own Summer
Massive, sludgy detuned rhythm: very high gain with heavy lows and a dark top end.
Sultans Of Swing
Clean, quacky single-coil lead for fingerstyle playing: a compressed clean American amp with a touch of reverb. Use the in-between pickup position.
Hotel California Solo
Smooth, sustaining 70s lead for the harmonised solo: a small tweed amp pushed by a mild overdrive, with studio reverb.
Everlong
Dense, layered drop-D rhythm: thick medium-high gain with strong mids so the droning open strings stay clear.
Square Hammer Lead
Smooth singing lead for the melody lines and solo: boosted amp, rolled-off top end, delay and a larger reverb.
Square Hammer Rhythm
Thick, mid-heavy classic-rock crunch rather than modern metal. Moderate gain so the chords ring, tight low end. The record is tuned down a whole step.
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
The pulsing verse sound: a deep, tempo-synced tremolo in front of a mildly overdriven amp. Switch the tremolo off for the chorus.
Sweet Child O Mine Lead
Warm, vocal lead for the intro riff and solos: a British stack with the treble eased back, a little delay and reverb. Use the neck pickup.
The Trooper
Galloping twin-guitar crunch: a boosted British stack, bright and mid-forward, with moderate gain so the harmonies stay clean.
Twin Guitar Crunch
British stack pushed with a boost. Mid-forward, moderate gain, no scoop.
Hallelujah
Glassy, intimate clean for fingerpicked arpeggios, sitting in a long, soft reverb.
Fuzz Stack
Wah and fuzz into a cranked plexi. Sweep the Wah knob or map it to a pedal.
Stairway To Heaven Solo
Small amp turned all the way up: biting, mid-heavy lead that sings without much gain, with a touch of reverb.
Sweet Home Alabama
Bright southern-rock sound for the picked intro riff: a clean American amp with just a little bite when you dig in.
Symphony Of Destruction
Dry, precise early-90s metal rhythm: a boosted stack with tight lows and a hard gate for the stop-start riff.
Black Album Rhythm
Thicker and less scooped than the 80s sound, with more low end and a touch of room.
Clean Intro
Glassy solid-state clean with chorus and reverb, for the quiet intros.
Enter Sandman
Huge, thick 90s rhythm for the main riff: high gain with full lows and more mids than the 80s sound, gated and nearly dry.
Fade To Black Lead
Singing lead for the intro melody and solos: boosted high gain with the mids left in, delay and a large reverb.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Mid-80s chugging rhythm: tight and scooped but slower and heavier in the lows, for the big open-chord riffs.
Kirk Wah Lead
Lead tone with wah, more mids than the rhythm sound, delay and reverb behind it. Sweep the Wah knob or map it to a pedal.
Nothing Else Matters Clean
Warm, full clean for the open-string intro and verses, with a light chorus and a deep reverb.
One Clean
Dry, clear clean for the intro and verse arpeggios. Brighter and less effected than a ballad clean.
One Heavy
Dry, tight, scooped rhythm for the machine-gun section: hard gate, boost in front, no reverb.
Puppets Rhythm
Tight scooped thrash rhythm. Boost in front with no drive, high-gain amp, mids pulled down.
Seek And Destroy
Raw early-80s thrash: a boosted British stack rather than a modern high-gain amp, bright and ragged with the mids left in.
Beat It
Hot-rodded 80s stack for the riff and the famous solo: saturated, bright and mid-rich, with a short delay and reverb.
Hysteria
Tight, modern high-gain rhythm with strong upper mids for the chorus chords and the solo.
Aneurysm Heavy
Raw, saturated distortion pedal into a loud clean amp for the intro build and choruses. Harsh top end and no gate, so it feeds back.
Aneurysm Verse
The same rig with the pedal backed off for the quieter verses: gritty edge-of-breakup rather than full distortion.
Come As You Are
The watery riff sound: a clean amp with a deep, slow chorus. The record is tuned down a whole step.
Heart-Shaped Box
The chorus roar: thick distortion into a clean amp with a slow chorus smearing the top. Roll the guitar volume back for the verses.
Teen Spirit Chorus
Clean American amp hit hard by a distortion pedal. Raw and mid-heavy.
Teen Spirit Verse
The quiet part: a clean amp with a thick, watery chorus for the two-note verse figure.
Dont Look Back In Anger
Big, loud Britpop crunch for the chords and the solo: an overdrive into a pushed British combo with a little delay and reverb.
Crazy Train
Bright, cutting early-80s metal: a distortion pedal into a cranked British stack, with a faint chorus and a short room.
Alive Rhythm
Open, mid-forward British crunch for the main riff. Medium gain so the chords stay clear, with a little room.
Alive Solo
The same amp pushed harder by a boost for the outro solo, with more sustain, a short delay and a bigger reverb.
Sad Lead
The same amp with a mild boost for the melodic lead lines: more sustain and mids, a short delay and a touch more reverb.
Sad Rhythm
Bright, jangly edge-of-breakup rhythm for the driving chords. Low gain so the strumming stays articulate, with a little room.
Comfortably Numb Solo
The big second solo: thick sustaining fuzz into a loud clean British amp, with a long delay and a hall reverb.
Gilmour Lead
Sustaining fuzz into a loud clean British amp, long delay and a big reverb.
Money Solo
Gritty, biting 70s lead: a fuzz into a loud British amp with a tape echo behind it.
Where Is My Mind
Thin, wiry lead for the two-note hook over the acoustic: light crunch with a roomy reverb.
Another One Bites The Dust
Tight, bright, compressed clean for the muted funk stabs that sit on top of the bass line.
Bohemian Rhapsody Solo
Creamy, violin-like lead: a treble booster driving a British combo flat out, with the mids doing the singing.
Creep Chorus
The loud part: a harsh distortion pedal slammed into the same clean amp, for the muted stabs and the wall-of-noise chorus.
Creep Verse
Plain, slightly dark clean for the picked verse arpeggios, with a little room around it.
Killing In The Name
Dry, punchy, mid-heavy crunch with no effects at all. Medium gain; the weight comes from the drop-D riff and hard picking.
Californication
Bare, slightly thin clean for the two-note intro and verse picking, almost completely dry.
Cant Stop
Snappy, percussive single-coil sound for the muted funk riff: a loud clean stack just starting to bite, compressed and dry.
Under The Bridge
Clear, compressed single-coil clean for the intro and verse chord work, nearly dry.
Modern Metal Rhythm
Very high gain, tight and aggressive. Gate and boost in front of the lead channel.
Psychosocial
Brutally tight modern rhythm for low tunings: maximum gain, a clean boost for attack and a hard gate.
Chasing Cars
Soft, chiming clean for the repeating picked figure, with a quiet delay and a wide reverb.
Eyes of a Panther Rhythm
80s-style hot-rodded high-gain rhythm: saturated but with the mids left in, bright and punchy, gated for the tight palm-muted riffs.
Eyes of a Panther Solo
Shred lead: the same amp boosted for sustain and pinch harmonics, with a slow phaser, delay and a big 80s reverb.
Aerials
Wide, heavy and sustained for the slow drop-tuned riff, with a little reverb to open it out.
Chop Suey
Fast, tight, percussive rhythm for the staccato riff: a boost in front for attack and a hard gate for the stops.
Toxicity
Thick, aggressive drop-tuned rhythm for the heavy sections: high gain, full lows, gated.
House Of The Rising Sun
60s British combo clean with a little grit on the picked arpeggios and a short spring reverb.
Zombie Chorus
Heavy, grinding 90s distortion for the chorus chords: a boosted British stack with thick lows and no frills.
Sweater Weather
Cool, dark clean with a slow chorus and a deep reverb for the moody chord stabs and picked lines.
Seven Nation Army
The riff that sounds like a bass: the guitar dropped an octave, into a fuzz and a small cranked amp. Play the riff on the low strings.
Edge Chime
Chimey British combo just breaking up, with a prominent rhythmic delay.
Brown Sound
Cranked hot-rodded plexi with a slow phaser in front, tape echo and reverb after.
Fool For Your Loving 89 Rhythm
Slip of the Tongue version, 80s rack sound kept crisp: tight bright high gain with the lows trimmed, an EQ lift on top, chorus and stereo detune for width, short slapback and a bright reverb.
Fool For Your Loving 89 Solo
Slip of the Tongue version, 80s rack sound kept crisp: cutting boosted lead with a bright top and trimmed lows, chorus and stereo detune, clear repeating delay and a bright reverb set back behind the notes.
Clean Swell
Clean, slow and spacious: long delay trails and a huge reverb. Best with volume swells and sparse notes.
Texas Lead
Fat single-coil lead: overdrive pedal with low drive into a loud clean American amp, spring reverb.
Tweed Breakup
Small tweed combo turned up until it starts to break. Responds to pick attack and the guitar's volume knob.
Singing Lead
Sustaining mid-heavy lead: boosted British amp with delay and reverb.
Stack Crunch
Cranked British stack rhythm sound. Medium gain, strong mids, no pedals.
Chicken Pickin
Bright, snappy clean with compression for even picking, a slapback echo and spring reverb.
Clean Rhythm
Tight, bright, compressed clean for 16th-note rhythm parts. Thin low end so it sits above the bass.
Wah Rhythm
Clean rhythm with wah in front. Rock the Wah knob in time, or map it to a pedal.
Dirty Chorus
Distortion pedal into a clean amp with a watery chorus after it.
80s Arena
Bright saturated high gain with chorus, stereo widening and a big reverb.
Fuzzy Garage
Rough, lo-fi fuzz into a small amp. Deliberately ragged.
Jangle
Chiming British combo just short of breakup, for open chords and arpeggios.
Warm Clean
Dark, round clean tone for neck-pickup chord work and single-note lines. Treble rolled off, almost no effects.
Modern Djent
Very tight, percussive modern rhythm: hard gate, boost with the lows cut, mids kept in for clarity on low tunings.
Soaring Lead
Smooth saturated lead with long sustain, delay and a large reverb.
Thrash Rhythm
Tight scooped high gain with a boost and gate in front, for fast palm-muted riffs.
Chorus Clean
Polished, wide clean with chorus, a quiet delay and reverb. Works for arpeggios and layered parts.
Phased Fuzz
60s-style fuzz with a swirling phaser, tape echo and a cranked stack.
Power Chords
Loud, direct, mid-forward crunch with no effects. Built for fast downstroked chords.
Skank Clean
Short, bright clean for off-beat chords, with a touch of spring reverb.
Wash
Fuzz buried in chorus, long delay and a very wet reverb. Chords blur into a single texture.
Wall of Fuzz
Huge, thick fuzz into a dark British amp. Slow riffs and low tunings.
Drip Reverb
Bright clean American amp drenched in spring reverb with a pulsing tremolo.
Dotted Delay
Chimey edge-of-breakup amp with a prominent rhythmic delay and a wide reverb.
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