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Dear Maria, Count Me In amp settings — Cort CM30R

The All Time Low guitar tone for “Dear Maria, Count Me In”, dialed in for a Cort CM30R with a Cort X100. Studio album cut, So Wrong, It's Right (2007) — main opening riff and rhythm crunch

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier & Marshall JCM900 into 4x12 cabs, Gibson Les Paul / PRS humbucker guitars

Punchy, saturated 2000s pop-punk rhythm with aggressive upper mids and tight low-end

Amp settings — Cort CM30R

CHANNELLead (Overdrive)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	7
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens the low end and adds modern pop-punk bite

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Cort CM30R's analog drive channel provides the core distortion, pushed to 7 to approximate the saturated Dual Rectifier rhythm track. Mids are boosted to 7 to compensate for the smaller 8-inch speaker and deliver the necessary punch, while keeping treble crisp for pop-punk pick attack. With the recommended TS9 pedal in the future, keep the pedal drive low and level high to tighten the bass further without changing the amp channel.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm strictly over the bridge saddles and dig in aggressively with a heavy (1.0mm+) pick to achieve the rapid, percussive chug heard in the verses.

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