LAventurier by Indochine (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

The LAventurier by Indochine guitar tone is built on a Fender Twin Reverb / Princeton — bright clean-to-light-crunch, dialed in at gain 3/10, bass 5, mid 5.5, treble 7, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

Amp settings (0–10)

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 3 sits below the rock average (4.8) — cleaner and more dynamic than typical rock; mids at 5.5 are right around average (6.2).

Guitar controls

Original gear

Amp: Fender Twin Reverb / Princeton — bright clean-to-light-crunch, with slapback echo

The iconic 1982 Indochine new-wave anthem. Dominique Nicolas played a Fender Telecaster on the bridge pickup (also a Mustang) into a Fender Twin Reverb/Princeton. The signature intro uses a very short SLAPBACK echo (~120ms, single repeat), plus a flanger. Bright, jangly, treble-forward new-wave — clean-to-light-crunch.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

bridge (Telecaster, bright & jangly)

Effects / signal chain

delay, distortion, flanger

Tone character

bright jangly new-wave, slapback echo, treble-forward, Tele bite

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

bright jangly new-wave (with slapback) distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the LAventurier sound.

Difficulty

2/5 · Riff

The slapback-driven intro riff and bright picking are the character; the tone is a bright Tele clean-to-light-crunch with a short (~120ms) slapback echo.

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

Worth knowing

• LAventurier is a bright Telecaster new-wave tone — a Fender clean-to-light-crunch with a short SLAPBACK echo (~120ms, single repeat) on the intro and a flanger. Treble way up, low-medium gain. The slapback timing IS the signature.
• Use a bright bridge single-coil (a Tele) into a Fender-style clean, treble up, low gain, and add a short ~120ms slapback delay (single repeat); a flanger adds the shimmer.
• Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Sources

• Le son d’Indochine — Le matériel exact — Guitaretoday
• Dominique Nicolas — Wikipédia

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