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Pretty Vacant guitar tone
Sex Pistols · Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols · 1977 · Rock
CrunchMain Riff
AmpFender Twin Reverb
GuitarGibson Les Paul
PickupBridge humbucker
SIGNAL CHAIN
- Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive
Drive 3.5 · Tone 5 · Level 6.5
Pushes the amp's own breakup harder.
Big open chords, let them ring — the amp does the work.
LeadSolo Boost
AmpFender Twin Reverb
GuitarGibson Les Paul
PickupBridge humbucker
SIGNAL CHAIN
- Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive
Drive 3.5 · Tone 5 · Level 6.5
Pushes the amp's own breakup harder.
- MXR Carbon Copy delay
Time 4 · Repeats 3 · Mix 3
Kicks in for the solo — repeats tucked under the dry signal.
Lead variant: extra gain and mids to cut through, delay for width. Pick nearer the bridge and let bends sustain.
These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.
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