Flying amp settings — Aodsk 5w
The Anathema guitar tone for “Flying”, dialed in for a Aodsk 5w with a Aodsk ST-SSS170-BL. Live version, 'Were You There?' DVD (Kraków, Poland, January 2004)
Marshall JCM800/900 with Les Paul or similar humbucker guitar, light delay and hall reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 5 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 0 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 4 |
01Digital Delay (RECOMMENDED — not owned)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. A Boss DD-3 or any basic delay with 300-400ms time adds the atmospheric swell heard on the live recording. Without this, use amp reverb at 7 instead.
Your Aodsk 5w is a small practice amp without the mid-forward bark of the original Marshall. I pushed mids to 6 to compensate for the inherently scooped voicing of budget solid-state amps. Gain at 5 gives enough saturation for the singing lead tone without fizz. Your SSS Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than the original humbuckers—rolling tone to 7 on the neck pickup warms it up and approximates that thicker vocal quality.
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