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Rooster amp settings — Valeton GP-200

The Alice In chains guitar tone for “Rooster”, dialed in for a Valeton GP-200 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Dirt (1992) — clean arpeggiated intro/verse tone

Original rig

G&L Rampage (single humbucker) → Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser → Boss flanger → Vox Super Beatle amp (per Dave Jerden's tech). Clean sections also processed through Roland CE-1 chorus. Producer Dave Jerden shaped the modulated clean sound.

Shimmering, watery clean with slow phase/chorus swirl — melancholic and atmospheric, not bright or glassy

Amp settings — Valeton GP-200

CHANNELVox AC30 model (or AC30 TB) — closest to the Vox Super Beatle's chimeBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	2

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Phaser block (Small Stone type)

Slow, subtle swirl — rate below noon. Place before amp block.

Rate 3 · Depth 6 · Level 7

02Chorus block (CE-1 / Analog Chorus type)

Adds width and shimmer. Blend with phaser for the layered modulation.

Rate 4 · Depth 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

Your Strat's single coils are brighter and thinner than Cantrell's humbucker Rampage — rolling tone to 6 and using the neck pickup warms it up. The GP-200's Vox AC30 model captures the Super Beatle's chimey clean character. Gain stays low (2) for crystal cleans; the modulation effects provide all the movement.

PRO TIPStack phaser AND chorus simultaneously at low depth settings — the original tone layers multiple modulation effects for that thick, watery swirl. Pick softly near the neck for the muted, almost muffled attack Cantrell uses on the verse arpeggios.

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