No. 0281981·rock·3 blocks
Start Me Up
Keith Richards' tone on Start Me Up is the sound of rock and roll rhythm guitar stripped to its essence. A Telecaster in open-G tuning (with the low E string removed, making it a 5-string guitar) through a cranked Fender Twin Reverb. The open tuning allows Richards to play full, ringing chords with a single finger barred across the fretboard, creating a big, open sound. The Twin Reverb's clean headroom preserves the jangly brightness of the Telecaster, while the slight natural breakup from playing hard gives it attitude.
Tattoo YouSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Telecaster
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
custom
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
US Double Nrm
2x12 Double C12N
Spring
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
US Double Nrm
← Fender Twin Reverb
Drive
4
Bass
4
Mid
5
Treble
7
Presence
6
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Double C12N
← Twin 2x12
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Spring
← Twin Reverb onboard tank
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
18
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
20ms
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 028
Keith Richards' tone on Start Me Up is the sound of rock and roll rhythm guitar stripped to its essence. A Telecaster in open-G tuning (with the low E string removed, making it a 5-string guitar) through a cranked Fender Twin Reverb. The open tuning allows Richards to play full, ringing chords with a single finger barred across the fretboard, creating a big, open sound. The Twin Reverb's clean headroom preserves the jangly brightness of the Telecaster, while the slight natural breakup from playing hard gives it attitude.
— Keith Richards
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