No. 1021958·rock-and-roll·4 blocks
Johnny B. Goode
The double-stop intro that launched a thousand bands — the founding statement of rock 'n' roll lead guitar. Cut at Chess Studios in Chicago in January 1958, Chuck Berry's tone is a thinline Gibson ES-350T strung with flatwounds, driven into a cranked Fender tweed combo at the edge of breakup. There are no pedals; the space and slap come entirely from Chess's basement echo chamber. Standard tuning, played in B♭ — the bite is in the flatwound 'twop' and the right-hand attack.
Chuck Berry Is on TopSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson ES-350T (1957)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Crunch
Booster
Reverb
Crunch
← Fender tweed combo (cranked)
Gain
40
Volume
60
Bass
50
Middle
60
Treble
65
Presence
55
Master
60
Booster
← Clean boost (push the tweed)
Drive
15
Bottom
50
Tone
55
Level
60
Reverb
← Chess basement echo chamber
Time
8ms
PreDelay
15ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
16
Engineer's note
File 102
The double-stop intro that launched a thousand bands — the founding statement of rock 'n' roll lead guitar. Cut at Chess Studios in Chicago in January 1958, Chuck Berry's tone is a thinline Gibson ES-350T strung with flatwounds, driven into a cranked Fender tweed combo at the edge of breakup. There are no pedals; the space and slap come entirely from Chess's basement echo chamber. Standard tuning, played in B♭ — the bite is in the flatwound 'twop' and the right-hand attack.
— Chuck Berry
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