🎸 Hard-Rock · 1970s

All Right Now by Free (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Free · riff

The All Right Now by Free guitar tone is built on a Marshall head +, dialed in at gain 4.5/10, bass 5, mid 7, treble 6, presence 5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

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Amp settings (0–10)

4.5

GAIN

BASS

MID

TREBLE

PRESENCE

REVERB

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

How these settings compare

Measured against the 540 rock tones in our researched catalog: Gain 4.5 sits right around the rock average (4.8); mids at 7 are right around average (6.2).

Guitar controls

VOLUME

TONE

Original gear

Amp: Marshall head + (homemade) cabinet — cranked for natural breakup

Paul Kossoff played a 1959 Les Paul Standard (sunburst) into a Marshall stack, with high action and heavy strings (11s/12s). The magic is the woody, mid-rich tone, edge-of-breakup crunch, and Kossoff’s legendary finger vibrato — moderate gain, neck/bridge blend.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

bridge/neck (PAF humbuckers, woody mids)

Tone character

woody mid-rich crunch, singing sustain, vintage Marshall grind, expressive vibrato

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

woody mid-rich crunch distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the All Right Now sound.

Difficulty

2/5 · Riff

The riff is simple open-position chords (A-D-G); the tone is a Les Paul into a cranked Marshall with the mids up — and Kossoff’s feel.

Level: Beginner-friendly — see more easy guitar songs to play →

Worth knowing

All Right Now is a woody, mid-forward Les-Paul-into-cranked-Marshall crunch — moderate gain (edge of breakup), mids pushed, no pedals. The character is in the heavy strings, the PAF humbuckers and Kossoff’s vibrato, not in piling on gain.
Push the mids, keep gain moderate, and let the amp break up naturally. A Les Paul (or humbuckers) helps the woodiness.
Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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All Right Now guitar tone — FAQ

What amp settings do I need for the All Right Now guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 4.5, bass 5, mid 7, treble 6, presence 5, reverb 2. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

What gear was used for the All Right Now tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Marshall head + (homemade) cabinet — cranked for natural breakup.

Can I get the All Right Now tone on a different guitar or amp?

Yes. Different guitars and amps need different knob positions to sound the same. GuitarToneAdapt models pickup output and wood brightness, then compensates so you match the record on your own rig.

How do I sound like Free on All Right Now — what gear and pedals?

Start with bridge/neck (PAF humbuckers, woody mids), the amp EQ above (gain 4.5, bass 5, mid 7, treble 6, presence 5, reverb 2). Then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for the guitar, amp and pedals you actually own so it sits like the record.

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Settings are community-researched estimates, not official. GuitarToneAdapt adapts them to your gear. guitartoneadapt.com