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.

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Settings for
Signal 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
Volume/Pan
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Dynamics
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38ms
Release
200ms
Mix
50
Level
2dB
Triangle Fuzz
← Fuzz pedal (Big Muff-style)
Distortion
Tone
4
Level
6
Sustain
6
Essex A30
← Vox AC30
Amp
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
Cab
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate (Hawaii sessions, big)
Dynamics
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)
EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
  • Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
  • Quad Cortex 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Fuzz Pi, UK 30 TopBoost, 2x12 Vox Blue, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

  • Katana 2 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Crunch, Plate. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

Helix DSP
42.7% of one chip — fits (1 block has no published cost and is counted as zero)
Sources
2 cited, 1 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
Not yet rated — This recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
What we didn't check
  • Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
  • The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
  • No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
  • 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.

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