Nail the ToneParamore

Still Into You

Paramore · Paramore · 2013

For the rhythm part, a humbucker-loaded Fender offset in the bridge position into a chimey British-voiced combo gets you there: mostly clean-with-edge in the verses, pushed into crunch by a low-gain overdrive for the Bb–C–F chorus. Keep treble up, bass moderate and the gain just past breakup so the fast eighths stay tight and don't wash out. Taylor York cut all the guitars on the album, and his documented studio rig from these sessions is the basis for the choices here — no source names the exact amp on this track.

Where these numbers come from: worked out from the documented rig and the sound of the record

Tuning

Standard tuning, no capo

Record sits in F major at concert pitch — the rhythm part is Bb–C–F–Dm barre shapes in standard tuning, with a second guitar doubling the high verse figure.

Part: Rhythm

Guitar

  • Fender Jazzmaster (custom, humbucker-equipped) · Alnico II Pro humbucker (bridge), P-90-sized humbucker (neck) · bridge pickup
  • Fender '72 Telecaster Thinline · Alnico II Pro / Fat Cat humbuckers · bridge pickup

Amp

Vox AC30

GAIN
6.0
BASS
5.0
TREBLE
6.5
REVERB
2.0

York lists an AC30 among his studio amps for this album era; AC30 Top Boost has no mid control and its Cut works backwards from a presence knob, so leave Cut around 4. Set volume for light chime-y breakup and let the pedal add the crunch.

Amp

Fender Deluxe Reverb (silverface)

GAIN
5.0
BASS
5.0
TREBLE
6.5
REVERB
2.5

Also on York's documented studio amp list, along with a 65 Amps Tupelo, Traynor YBA-1A, Divided By 13 RSA 23, Roland JC-120 and a modded Marshall JCM2000 — no source pins one specific amp to this track, so accounts differ on which was used.

Pedals

  • Rawkworks Light Overdrive · overdrive · Drive 4, level to taste — edge-of-breakup crunch for the chorus power chords
  • Maxon AD-999 Pro · analog delay · Short slapback, ~120 ms, 1-2 repeats, mix low — for the high verse figure
  • Strymon blueSky · reverb · Plate, mix 15-20%, short decay

Tone character

bright jangly crunch · light tube breakup · tight palm-muted eighths · forward upper mids · clean sparkle in verses

easy

Fast steady eighth-note strumming on Bb, C, F and Dm barre shapes at 136 bpm, with a palm-muted stop-start feel in the verses that takes a tight right hand.

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Sources