Tone Card

Do I Wanna Know? — Arctic Monkeys

Alex Turner's dark, swaggering riff tone — a Vox 12-string through valve distortion into a 1960s British combo, mapped to GarageBand's British Combo.

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Alex Turner
Tone inspired by "Do I Wanna Know?" — Main Riff
GarageBand Ready
Guitar Style
Teardrop 12-string, single-coils (Vox Starstream XII)
Pickup
Bridge single-coil — pick close to the bridge
Tuning
Standard E (riff in G minor, low strings)
Amp Settings
Gain
40
Bass
60
Mid
60
Treble
45
Presence
40
Master
60
GarageBand Settings
Amp Model British Combo
Real-World Equivalent Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 (1960s British 2×12 combo)
EQ Type Vintage
Cabinet 2×12 (matched)
Mic Ribbon 121 (slightly off-axis — keeps it dark and smooth)
Pedals Tube Burner — Drive ~50, Tone dark (valve distortion, à la Coopersonic ValveSlapper)
Amp Tremolo On — Depth ~25%, slow-medium speed (the subtle throb under the riff)
Note The record's riff was cut on a 12-string — double-track it an octave up, low in the mix, to fake that shimmer
Sources

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