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How to get the Tricotism guitar tone
Oscar Peterson
Not quite clean, not quite dirty. That edge-of-breakup thing is genuinely hard to dial in and Oscar Peterson got it right. The mids are pushed forward, giving it that cutting, slightly nasal character — the note finds its own space in a mix. Layer in room reverb and echo and the whole thing takes on a dimension you can't get from the amp alone.
Gear used on the recording
GuitarHollowbody (ES-175 / archtop)
AmpFender / Roland JC-120
EffectsDelay
Key tone characteristics
- 1Touch-sensitive breakup — pick harder for grit, lighter for clarity
- 2Pushed mids — that vocal, cutting quality that works for lead lines and chord melody
- 3Echo/delay is baked into the tone — rhythmic placement of notes matters more than usual
- 4Room reverb gives the notes room to breathe
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