Progressive Rock2022Remember That You Will Die
Playing God Amp Settings
by Polyphia
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Original Recording Settings
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Original Gear
- Guitar
- Ibanez SC500N (discontinued nylon-string electric hybrid, found in pawn shop in Cologne, Germany 2020)
- Pickups
- Built-in piezo under-saddle pickup (N/A (piezo captures full string response))
- Amplifier
- Neural DSP Archetype: Tim Henson plugin — 'Acoustic' amp model
- Channel
- Acoustic/clean
- Tuning
- standard
- Pickup Selector
- N/A (piezo only)
- Strings
- [ESTIMATED] Standard normal-tension nylon
No physical amplifier. Neural DSP plugin used for tone shaping. Tim Henson's own signature plugin.
Amp Settings
No settings available
Minimal gain — purely clean acoustic model. Exact settings not documented.
Effects Chain
→
Subtle compression (Neural DSP built-in)
compressor
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Neural DSP Archetype: Tim Henson (Acoustic model)
amp_model
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→Short reverb (room/plate, Neural DSP built-in)
reverb
1.Subtle compression (Neural DSP built-in) — Light compression to even dynamics of fingerstyle playing.
2.Neural DSP Archetype: Tim Henson (Acoustic model) — Primary tone-shaping — acoustic amp model preserves nylon character.
3.Short reverb (room/plate, Neural DSP built-in) — Subtle room/plate reverb for natural space.
Playing Technique
Fingerstyle with classical right-hand technique. Nuevo flamenco-influenced: percussive rasgueado, golpe (body taps). Thumb-style slap adapted for nylon.
Sources+
- Guitar World (Nov 2022)
- Guitar World Tim Henson nylon-string interview (2022)
- Ground Guitar
- MusicRadar (2022)
- Revolver Magazine (2022)
- Guitar Lobby
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