01—Dinosaur Jr.

Feel the Pain

Wall-of-fuzz lead tone with a singing midrange and tons of sustain — but the attack is still articulate because of cascaded Big Muffs into a cranked Marshall stack. Solos sit above the band like a second vocal. The trick is that the fuzz never sounds collapsed; you can hear bends, vibrato, and string contact. Lots of natural ring from open strings inside chord shapes during the verses.