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Unchained guitar tone

Van Halen · 1981 · Hard Rock

Crunch

Main

AmpMarshall Super Lead (Variac'd)
GuitarFrankenstrat
PickupBridge humbucker
GAIN7
BASS5.5
MID6
TREBLE6.5
PRESENCE6
REVERB1.5

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. MXR Flanger flanger
    Rate 2 · Range 6 · Color 5
    THE flanger chord — full sweep on the drop-D riff

Drop D. The flanger swoosh on the main riff is the song's signature.

These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.

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