505 amp settings — deviser TG-40W

The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “505”, dialed in for a deviser TG-40W with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) - iconic clean/edge-of-breakup intro and verse rhythm

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster into Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 / Vox AC30 with amplifier spring reverb and Ibanez TS808 / Boss DSD-3

Moody, warm British vintage clean with gentle top-end roll-off and atmospheric spring reverb

Amp settings — deviser TG-40W

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	4
Reverb	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9 / TS808)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; for the loud climax section

Drive 7 · Tone 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Deviser TG-40W is a straightforward solid-state practice amp, so keep it on the clean channel with gain low to emulate the warm headroom of Turner's vintage Selmer and Vox cleans. We pull the Telecaster tone knob down to 7 and set amp treble to 4 to tame the Tele's natural bridge/neck bite and replicate the darker, rounded Strat neck pickup attack on the recording. Dial the onboard spring reverb to 5 to achieve the track's spacious, brooding room ambiance without overwhelming note definition. Climax overdrive: switch amp drive on or engage the recommended overdrive pedal.

PRO TIPPick with the flesh of your thumb or very lightly with a thin pick close to the neck pickup rather than over the bridge to capture that soft, intimate organ-like chord pulse.

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