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301 tones

  • Paranoid

    Black Sabbath

    Guitar · Inferred

    White three-pickup Gibson SG used by Tony Iommi to record Paranoid; the red 'Monkey' SG is the broader live/album-era icon + Laney LA100BL/Supergroup-era 100W head driven by Iommi's modified Dallas Rangemaster treble booster

    15

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  • Bohemian Rhapsody

    Queen

    Guitar · Inferred

    Brian May's Red Special + Vox AC30 driven by a treble booster

    14

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  • Nothing Else Matters

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    Tom Anderson electric guitar for most of the song, per James Hetfield + Two extremely clean paths: one through an amp and one direct to the console; Roland JC-120 is documented for the song's clean tone context

    Lead / Solo

    12

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  • Sultans of Swing

    Dire Straits

    Guitar · Inferred

    Mark Knopfler's 1961 Fender Stratocaster + Fender Twin

    Lead / Solo

    12

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  • Purple Rain

    Prince

    Guitar · Inferred

    Wendy Melvoin's sealed-up Rickenbacker used for the iconic opening/rhythm progression + Mesa/Boogie Mark I used for Wendy Melvoin's recorded opening/rhythm part

    11

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  • Walk

    Pantera

    Guitar · Inferred

    Dean ML / Dean From Hell-era guitar + Randall Century 200 solid-state head with Dimebag's pre-EQ/gain shaping chain

    11

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  • Layla

    Derek & The Dominos

    Guitar · Inferred

    Eric Clapton's 1956 Fender Stratocaster 'Brownie' as the primary solo reference + Fender Champ cranked for Clapton's solos; other rhythm/slide parts use additional guitars and amps

    9

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  • Ride the Lightning

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    Gibson Explorer as Hetfield's main Ride the Lightning-era rhythm reference; Kirk Hammett used a Flying V for lead work + 100W Marshall/JCM800-era studio architecture; lead work used Tube Screamer boost, and the band relied on a particularly good Marshall sourced in Denmark after their own amps were stolen

    9

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  • Animal I Have Become

    Three Days Grace

    Guitar · Best guess

    Barry Stock One-X-era Ibanez/baritone guitar family; exact Animal I Have Become studio guitar is not securely documented + Diezel VH4 is strongly associated with Barry Stock's heavy Three Days Grace tone; exact song-specific studio chain remains less firmly documented

    Riff / Rhythm

    8

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  • Comfortably Numb

    Pink Floyd

    Guitar · Inferred

    1969 Fender Stratocaster 'Black Strat' with DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup + Custom Hiwatt DR103 100W into WEM 4x12, run in parallel with a Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker system

    Lead / Solo

    7

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  • Money for Nothing

    Dire Straits

    Guitar · Inferred

    Gibson Les Paul-family guitar; engineer Neil Dorfsman recalled a Les Paul Junior while Knopfler later recalled a different Les Paul + Laney amplifier/combo, with the recorded sound heavily influenced by unusual microphone phase/placement

    7

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  • Stairway to Heaven

    Led Zeppelin

    Guitar · Inferred

    Jimmy Page's 1959 Fender Telecaster ('Dragon' Tele) for the iconic solo + Modified 1959 Supro Coronado 1690T combo

    Lead / Solo

    7

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  • Duality

    Slipknot

    Guitar · Best guess

    Composite Mick Thomson / Jim Root down-tuned rhythm reference; exact title-track guitar layer is not fully documented + Layered Vol. 3 high-gain studio rig; exact Duality amp blend is not securely documented in the primary sources used here

    Riff / Rhythm

    6

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  • Enter Sandman

    Metallica

    Guitar · Best guess

    6

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  • Mayonaise

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    Guitar · Inferred

    Siamese Dream layered guitar reference: '57-reissue Fender Stratocaster/Lace Sensor layers plus the inexpensive pawnshop 'Mayonnaise Guitar' used for the famous feedback texture + Siamese Dream recording rig centered on a Soul Head / Marshall cabinet architecture

    Riff / Rhythm

    6

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  • Still Got The Blues

    Gary Moore

    Guitar · Inferred

    Gary Moore's 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard + Prototype Marshall JTM45 reissue dialed clean

    Lead / Solo

    6

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  • Welcome To The Jungle

    Guns N' Roses

    Guitar · Inferred

    Mid-'80s Kris Derrig 1959 Les Paul Standard replica used by Slash for the signature guitar parts + 1977 100W Marshall Super Lead model 1959, Frank Levi/Glenn Buckley 'Superkill' modification (S.I.R. Stock #36), into Marshall 4x12

    6

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  • Back In Black

    AC/DC

    Guitar · Inferred

    1971 Gibson SG Standard (Angus Young primary lead/rhythm reference) + 1970s four-input 100W Marshall 1959 Super Lead blended with a Marshall JTM50, into Marshall 4x12 cabinets

    Lead / Solo

    5

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  • Blackened

    Metallica

    Guitar · Inferred

    James Hetfield ESP Explorer/EMG active-humbucker Justice-era rhythm reference; exact Blackened take guitar is not separately documented + Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+/IIC++-family high-gain rhythm architecture central to Hetfield's late-'80s sound

    5

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  • Highway to Hell

    AC/DC

    Guitar · Inferred

    Angus Young Gibson SG, main riff reference + Vintage Marshall 50/100W non-master-volume family

    Riff / Rhythm

    5

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