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Unchained guitar tone
Van Halen · 1981 · Hard Rock
CrunchMain
AmpMarshall Super Lead (Variac'd)
GuitarFrankenstrat
PickupBridge humbucker
SIGNAL CHAIN
- 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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