🎸 Rock · 2010s

Last Surprise (Riff · Clean) — Guitar Tone

by Persona 5 · riff

The Last Surprise by Persona 5 guitar tone is built on a Bright, dialed in at gain 2.5/10, bass 4.5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 5.5 (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)

2.5
GAIN
4.5
BASS
6
MID
6.5
TREBLE
5.5
PRESENCE
2.5
REVERB

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

Original gear

Amp: Bright, funky clean (acid-jazz) — exact rig not documented

Pickups

neck/middle (bright, funky clean)

Effects / signal chain

reverb

Tone character

bright funky clean, jazzy, tight chops, light grit

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

bright funky clean (light grit) distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Last Surprise sound.

What makes the Last Surprise part tricky

funky rhythm chops, jazzy voicings, tight timing. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: Last Surprise exact rig is not documented, so this is an educated acid-jazz estimate. The tone is a bright, funky, lightly-driven clean (low gain, bright, a little reverb) with tight rhythm chops and jazzy voicings. Not distorted., Use a bright single-coil into a clean amp with just a touch of grit and reverb; play tight, funky, muted chops and jazzy chords., Settings are estimated by genre, not from an official rig rundown.

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