Jack White

• Restriction is the creative tool — choose ONE amp and ONE guitar and commit
• Open A tuning (EAEAC#E) is White's standard — power chords become one-finger barres
• DigiTech Whammy on octave up blurs the line between guitar and bass in a two-piece band
• Big Muff gain at 9–10 for maximum sustain; tone at 6 to keep mid presence
• Slide on open A for the Delta-blues reference that runs throughout White Stripes material
• Cheap guitars often have higher action — embrace the physical resistance, it affects attack
• Detuned strings (Eb or open) give the looseness and saggy feel in the low notes
• Keep the amp slightly on the verge of feedback — threatening the edge is part of the sound
• Study "Seven Nation Army" (open A), "Ball and Biscuit" (slide blues) for the full range

Jack White built the White Stripes' entire sound from deliberately limited, cheap equipment. His raw, confrontational tone proved that restriction creates creativity — a beaten-up Airline guitar through a detuned Silvertone amp, with an octave fuzz pushing the frequency extremes.