Waterloo Sunset — Guitar Tone

Amp settings (0–10)

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Original gear

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Pickups

Bridge pickup

Effects / signal chain

reverb

Tone character

clean and jangly, bright and articulate, percussive attack, open-string resonance, warm midrange, snappy rhythm, clear note separation, slight natural compression, subtle spring reverb, dynamic response to picking

Recording context

studio

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Sources

• They may have lit the fuse for high-voltage rock, but The Kinks are much more than You Really Got Me – and Ray Davies’ inventive acoustic style influenced a generation of players, including Pete Townshend | Guitar World
• Gear used on the Kinks Are the Village Green...
• 15 Famous Semi-hollowbody Players - InSync

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