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Do I Wanna Know? amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “Do I Wanna Know?”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, AM (2013)

Original rig

Vox Starstream XII 12-string with built-in effects, Coopersonic Valveslapper Dual-Valve Distortion, Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer, Selmer Zodiac Twin amp, Gretsch Valco reverb unit — recorded with tremolo warble and fuzz-driven overdrive

Dark, snarling fuzz with slow tremolo warble, mid-forward grit, dry and deliberate

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion pedal (TS-style or Rat-style)

RECOMMENDED — not owned. A Boss DS-1, Proco Rat, or TS9 clone will get you the snarling fuzz character. The Coopersonic Valveslapper is boutique and expensive; a Rat with gain at 6 and filter/tone rolled dark approximates it well.

Drive/Gain 6 · Tone 4 · Level/Volume 6

02Tremolo pedal

RECOMMENDED — not owned. The slow warble is essential to the riff's hypnotic feel. An EHX Nano Pulsar, Boss TR-2, or any analog-style tremolo works. Rate slow, depth moderate.

Rate/Speed 3 · Depth 4

Why these settings

The Champion 20 has no mid knob (bass/treble only) and no built-in tremolo or dirt that reaches Valveslapper territory. Bass 5 and treble 5 keep it balanced without the ice-pick highs a Strat can produce. Gain at 6 adds slight push but stays clean enough to let a distortion pedal define the tone — without that pedal, you'll only get a clean-ish crunch, not the snarling fuzz of the original.

PRO TIPThe riff's magic is in the pick attack and slow, deliberate note separation — let each note breathe before the next. Roll the Strat's tone knob to 4 and use the neck pickup to fatten the single-coil thinness closer to Turner's 12-string hollowbody warmth. If you lack a tremolo pedal, try a very subtle manual volume swell with your pinky on the guitar's volume knob to fake the warble.

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