🎸 Rock · 2010s

Time of Our Life by DAY6 (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by DAY6 · riff

The Time of Our Life by DAY6 guitar tone is built on a Bright pop-rock, dialed in at gain 4.5/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 6 (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

6.5

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 6 are right around average (6.2).

Guitar controls

VOLUME

TONE

Original gear

Amp: Bright pop-rock (Line 6 Helix) — twin guitars: Fender Strat + Gibson Les Paul

DAY6 are a real guitar band (not idol-pop). On Time of Our Life, Jae plays a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster (bright, articulate) and Sungjin a Gibson Les Paul Standard (warm, powerful), running a Line 6 Helix. The result is a bright, uplifting twin-guitar pop-rock crunch — Strat jangle over Les Paul warmth, medium gain, treble up.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

bridge (Strat bright + Les Paul warm)

Effects / signal chain

distortion, reverb

Tone character

bright uplifting crunch, twin-guitar (Strat+LP), pop-rock, articulate

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

bright uplifting twin-guitar pop-rock crunch distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Time of Our Life sound.

Difficulty

2/5 · Riff

The twin-guitar interplay (jangly Strat + warm Les Paul) and driving strum are the character; the tone is a bright medium crunch — treble up, a little reverb.

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

Worth knowing

Time of Our Life is a bright, uplifting twin-guitar pop-rock — a Strat (jangly) and a Les Paul (warm) into a medium crunch, treble up, a little reverb. Layer a bright and a warm guitar; medium gain, not heavy.
Use a bright single-coil and a warm humbucker layered, medium gain, treble up, a little reverb; keep the strum driving and uplifting.
Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Time of Our Life guitar tone — FAQ

What amp settings do I need for the Time of Our Life guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 4.5, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 6, reverb 2. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

What gear was used for the Time of Our Life tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Bright pop-rock (Line 6 Helix) — twin guitars: Fender Strat + Gibson Les Paul; distortion, reverb.

Can I get the Time of Our Life 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 DAY6 on Time of Our Life — what gear and pedals?

Start with bridge (Strat bright + Les Paul warm), the amp EQ above (gain 4.5, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 6, reverb 2), and distortion, reverb. 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