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Tone Breakdown

Buddy Holly

Weezer · Weezer (Blue Album) · 1994

A driven Gibson P90 straight into a Mesa/Boogie Mark I — power-pop crunch with almost no effects. It's the Mark I, not the Marshall JCM800 most people assume.

The rig

  1. 🎸 Guitar Gibson Les Paul Special (P90) Borrowed vintage Gibson with P90s — the bite comes from the pickup, not gain.
  2. 🔊 Amp Mesa/Boogie Mark I The documented amp — not the JCM800 people assume.
  3. 🧱 Cab Marshall 4x12 Cabinet Tall Marshall cab, run at low volumes.

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