Tone Profile

A distorted and slightly scooped rhythm guitar tone, with a wall-of-sound character created by layering multiple guitar tracks. It's both aggressive and thick, providing a strong foundation for the song.

Production Credits

Signal Chain

Recording Notes

• Billy Corgan is known for layering multiple guitar tracks to create a thick and dense sound. The exact number of layers varies, but it's often more than four.
• The guitar signal was likely split and sent to multiple amps simultaneously.
• The room ambience may have been captured with additional microphones placed at a distance.

Recreation Tips

• Use a Stratocaster-style guitar with a hot bridge pickup.
• Combine a Rat and Big Muff style distortion, experimenting with the order.
• Layer multiple guitar tracks, each with slightly different settings, to create a wide stereo image.
• Use a dynamic microphone like an SM57 close to the speaker cabinet.
• Consider adding a touch of room reverb to thicken the sound.

Recommended Gear

• Fender Stratocaster(guitar)
• Marshall JCM800(amp)
• Shure SM57(mic)
• ProCo Rat(pedal)
• Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi(pedal)