No. 0382013·indie-rock·3 blocks
Do I Wanna Know?
The hypnotic riff of Do I Wanna Know? is built on a dark, fuzzy tone with heavy reverb. Turner's Jazzmaster-style guitar through a Vox AC30 with fuzz creates a thick, murky groove that sits low in the mix. The riff uses a slow, deliberate picking style with the notes slightly muted for a percussive, almost drum-like quality.
AMSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Jazzmaster / Stratocaster
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Triangle Fuzz
Essex A30
2x12 Blue Bell
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
2dB
Triangle Fuzz
← Fuzz pedal (Big Muff-style)
Tone
4
Level
6
Sustain
6
Essex A30
← Vox AC30
Drive
5
Bass
6
Mid
5
Treble
4
Presence
4
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
Cut
3
2x12 Blue Bell
← Vox 2x12 Alnico Blue
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate (Hawaii sessions, big)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
30
Decay
2.5s
Level
0
PreDelay
40ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.6
Damping
4500
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 038
The hypnotic riff of Do I Wanna Know? is built on a dark, fuzzy tone with heavy reverb. Turner's Jazzmaster-style guitar through a Vox AC30 with fuzz creates a thick, murky groove that sits low in the mix. The riff uses a slow, deliberate picking style with the notes slightly muted for a percussive, almost drum-like quality.
— Alex Turner
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