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Do I Wanna Know? amp settings — Borne Strike G30

The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “Do I Wanna Know?”, dialed in for a Borne Strike G30 with a Tagima Sixmart. Studio version, AM (2013) — iconic opening main riff

Original rig

Vox Starstream XII 12-string guitar, Coopersonic ValveSlapper distortion, Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 & Magnatone Custom 410 amps

Gritty, thick tube-fuzz low-end snarl with jangly top bite and subtle room space

Amp settings — Borne Strike G30

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	7
Mid	6
Treble	5
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Yuer US Dream RF-04

Main gain source — run into clean channel to prevent muddy stacking

Dist 6 · Tone 4 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Yuer US Dream acts as your dedicated distortion source, so the Borne Strike G30 is parked on its Clean channel with gain at 2 to avoid double-gain mush. The amp's bass and mids are pushed to replicate the heavy cabinet resonance of the Selmer and Magnatone pairing. Rolling your Tagima Sixmart tone knob to 7 rounds off single-coil glassiness, mimicking the darker, woolly neck response of the studio recording.

PRO TIPPick firmly with downstrokes directly over the neck pickup using a heavy pick (1.0mm+) to emulate the thumping fundamental and slight natural octave bloom of the original 12-string take.

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