🎸 Hard Rock · 2010s

Figure It Out (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Royal Blood · riff

The Figure It Out by Royal Blood guitar tone is built on a Marshall / Mesa, dialed in at gain 7/10, bass 7, mid 5, 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)

7
GAIN
7
BASS
5
MID
6
TREBLE
5
PRESENCE
1
REVERB

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

Original gear

Guitar: bass + octave/fuzz (Mike Kerr) · Amp: Marshall / Mesa

Pickups

bridge humbucker

Tone character

Huge, fuzzy, octave-split bass-as-guitar riff — massive low end with a searing overdriven top.

Note: Amp settings are a genre-typical informed estimate for this band and era; adapt by ear.

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