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How to get the Eye of the Tiger guitar tone

Survivor

Big, saturated, full of sustain. The kind of tone that makes a three-note riff feel like a statement. There's real presence up top — that treble bite isn't an accident, it's what makes every picked note land. Layer in room reverb and the whole thing takes on a dimension you can't get from the amp alone.

Gear used on the recording

GuitarHumbucker (Les Paul / SG / Superstrat)
AmpMarshall plexi / JCM800

Key tone characteristics

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