Real AmpTuning: E StandardPickup: BridgeBeginner FriendlyBest for BeginnersCrunchAlternative Rock
Tambourine Studio Dance-Rock — Fast Intro & Dry Main Riff
Producer Tore Johansson recorded the debut album with deliberately limited analog equipment, while song-specific documentation identifies Alex Kapranos’ Telecaster Custom into a Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 captured with a Neumann U67. Exact knob positions were not published, so the amp values below are approximated from that bright, dry recording. Source: Sound on Sound’s “Recording Franz Ferdinand” and ToneDB’s song-specific entry.
Signal Chain
1973 Fender Telecaster Custom→Selmer Zodiac Twin 30→Selmer 2x12 combo speakers→Output
Guitar1973 Fender Telecaster Custom
Tone
9
PickupBridge
TuningE Standard
Volume
10
AmpSelmer Zodiac Twin 30
Bass
4.5
Gain
4
Mids
7
Master
6
Treble
7
Cab / IRSelmer 2x12 combo speakers
MicNeumann U67
Mic PositionSlightly off-axis
Notes
Use sharply controlled note lengths and very little ambience. The tempo change creates much of the impact, so do not compensate with excessive gain.
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