Aftermath Eastern Drone — Brian Jones Sitar Hook
The track's defining timbre is Brian Jones' real Indian sitar, whose sympathetic strings give the melody its sustained metallic resonance. Richards and Jones support it with tightly strummed rhythm instruments, but detailed session settings and exact guitar models have not been reliably documented. Settings approximated around the confirmed sitar-led arrangement. Source: Guitar World's Keith Richards riff retrospective and Bill Wyman recording feature.
Signal Chain
Notes
A normal guitar will not fully reproduce the sympathetic-string response. For a guitar substitute, pick close to the bridge and add a very short resonant drone rather than heavy distortion.
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See the same signal chain mapped to another platform. Knob values carry over as starting points — gain ranges differ between platforms. NAM/TONEX users: the real gear names are what to search for as captures.