Retro Goldtop Rasp — Live Riff & Flanged Solo
Craig Ross tracked the defining riff live after switching from a Stratocaster to Lenny Kravitz’s converted 1953 Goldtop Les Paul, whose humbuckers supplied the required weight. Reports associate the raw guitar with a small vintage Gibson amplifier, while a flanger appears in the solo. The exact amplifier model and control positions are not fully documented, so settings are approximated from the reported Gibson GA-5T-style setup and the isolated tone character. Source: MusicRadar’s song history and TonesMatch’s recording-rig summary.
Signal Chain
Notes
Keep the amp raw and mid-forward, with little low-frequency bloom. The riff should feel like a live trio performance rather than a heavily layered modern production.
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