505 amp settings — M-Vave Tank G V2
The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “505”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G V2 with a Epiphone Slash Les Paul Standard. Studio version, Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) - iconic clean/edge-of-breakup intro and verse rhythm
Fender Stratocaster into Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 / Vox AC30 with amplifier spring reverb and Ibanez TS808 / Boss DSD-3
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 7 |
01Tank G Reverb Block (Spring/Hall)
Set to a warm spring or plate algorithm to match the Selmer/Vox amp reverb on the record.
The original uses a single-coil Strat into a chimey Selmer/Vox amp, whereas the Epiphone Slash Les Paul has warmer, higher-output humbuckers. Selecting the middle (both pickups) position with volume rolled back to 8 and tone to 7 cleans up the humbucker output to capture that glassy, open British clean without pushing the amp model into premature distortion. Reverb is set prominent to recreate the deep, moody atmospheric wash of the intro and verses. For the explosive climax section: dig in heavily and switch to the bridge pickup with volume on 10.
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