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single coil electric guitar, Hammond a 100 built in Leslie home spinet Leslie 122 canonical 6l6 tube 40w rotary Hammond matched ostinato slow chorale tonewheel organ, tenor phosphor bronze ensemble honking attack saxophone, red brass 90 10 darkest bach stradivarius 180 canonical American orchestral ensemble shallow cup lead trumpet trumpet, cold pressed weikert felt oversize maple tension resonator sitka spruce grand piano. converted movie theatre 1957-1975 mid tier stax studio memphis. passive ribbon, Neve 1073 inductor pre.", "recipe_chars": 1000, "score": 570.7, "config": { "traditions": [ "memphis_soul", "rare_groove", "new_orleans_funk" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "blues_shouter_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": 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