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 · 4 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Telecaster
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
custom
Studio Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'Twin Reverb'
Spring Reverb
Studio Compressor
← Studio compressor (light)
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
0.1s
Release
0.5s
Mix
0.6
Search Rig Exchange for 'Twin Reverb'
← Fender Twin Reverb
Gain
4
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
7
Spring Reverb
← Twin Reverb onboard tank
Decay
2s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.2
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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