Distortion
Deliberately overdriven signal for a gritty, saturated tone - covers distortion, overdrive, and fuzz.
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Songs(16)
Think for Yourself
First use of fuzzbox on a bass record
Love You To
Fuzz-tone lead guitar
I'm Only Sleeping
One of the two backwards-guitar tracks recorded with fuzz, the other without
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
Heavy guitar distortion
Lady Madonna
Lennon and Harrison played fuzzed guitars
Revolution
Overloaded mic preamps for fuzz tone
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
The bass line is McCartney's acoustic guitar driven hard enough to stand in for one
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Distorted guitar in second section
Savoy Truffle
Saxophones deliberately overdriven
Helter Skelter
Backing track recorded "in the red zone" for maximum saturation
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Hey Bulldog
The lead solo was overdubbed through a fuzz box into a cranked amp
Old Brown Shoe
Intentional vocal distortion
You Never Give Me Your Money
Lennon's guitar tone
Mean Mr. Mustard
Fuzz tone on bass
Come Together
Heavily distorted lead guitar
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