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Second-Album Sermon Snap — P-90 Riff & Telecaster Reply

The arrangement uses Franz Ferdinand’s characteristic division between a blunt rhythmic hook and a thinner answering guitar. A community transcription confirms a distorted guitar part, but the recording’s exact guitar and amplifier assignments are not documented, so the SG, Telecaster and amp settings are approximated from the band’s established era rig. Source: Premier Guitar’s “Spanners in the Works,” The Line of Best Fit’s Franz Ferdinand retrospective, and Songsterr’s “The Fallen” transcription.

Signal Chain

Gibson SG Classic with P-90 pickupsSelmer Zodiac Twin 30-style British comboBritish 2x12 cabinetOutput
GuitarGibson SG Classic with P-90 pickups
Tone
9
PickupBridge
TuningE Standard
Volume
10
AmpSelmer Zodiac Twin 30-style British combo
Bass
3
Master
7
Treble
7
Volume
6
Tremolo0
Cab / IRBritish 2x12 cabinet
MicClose dynamic
Mic PositionOff-axis; low-cut engaged

Notes

Make the main riff punchy but leave the low end to the bass. The counter-guitar should sound smaller, sharper and rhythmically independent.

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