Do I Wanna Know?

That slow, heavy, fuzzy riff needs a dark tone. Use a fuzz or Big Muff into a slightly overdriven Vox or Marshall.

Published rig reconstructions identify a Vox Starstream XII 12-string feeding a Coopersonic Valveslapper and a blend of Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 and Magnatone Custom 410 amplifiers. That unusual combination accounts for the riff’s thick octave texture, sag and subtle modulation. The listed amplifier values follow the published reconstruction, while microphone details are representative. Source: TonesMatch’s song-specific tone breakdown and the documented AM-era rig references it compiles.

The riff’s unusually broad shimmer comes from Alex Turner’s vintage Vox Starstream XII twelve-string, an instrument closely tied to both the recording and live arrangement. The exact studio amplifier and gain device are not conclusively documented, so this recreation uses the AM-era Selmer Zodiac and Magnatone pairing with conservative, representative settings. Source: Mixdown’s Alex Turner gear rundown and Equipboard’s Do I Wanna Know? gear archive.