Michael

The song’s guitar arrangement separates a clipped dance rhythm from a more overdriven lead part, while the album sessions relied mainly on the Selmer and Fender Bassman 100. A community transcription attributes the overdriven lead to Alex Kapranos, but exact instruments and settings are not documented, so the chains below are conservative approximations. Source: Sound on Sound’s “Recording Franz Ferdinand” and Songsterr’s “Michael” transcription.