Tosin Abasi's Sound
Extended-range guitar reinvented as a percussion and harmony instrument at once.
Ultra-tight modern high gain with pristine clean harmonic detail
The rig
The gear associated with the sound. Each item opens a live Reverb search — vintage examples where they exist, modern equivalents where they don't.
Guitars
- Abasi Concepts Larada 8Find on Reverb
- Ibanez TAM100 (earlier)Find on Reverb
- Nylon-string classicalFind on Reverb
Amps
- Fractal Axe-Fx IIIFind on Reverb
- Neural DSP Abasi pluginFind on Reverb
- Mesa/Boogie powerFind on Reverb
Effects
- All in-the-box — modelling, delay, reverb, pitch shiftingFind on Reverb
Pickups
- Fishman Fluence Abasi signatureFind on Reverb
Why it sounds like that
CAFO
Extremely tight modern high gain with the low string controlled enough to avoid mud.
Tempting Time
The thumping sections need a tone with fast transient response and no compression smear.
The Woven Web
Clean and distorted layers coexisting, with the nylon-string passages left completely dry.
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