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Do I Wanna Know? amp settings — Soldano SLO-100

The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “Do I Wanna Know?”, dialed in for a Soldano SLO-100 with a Schecter C-1 Hellraiser. Studio version, AM (2013) — iconic opening main riff

Original rig

Vox Starstream XII 12-string / Gretsch Country Gentleman into Coopersonic ValveSlapper Dual-Valve Distortion, Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 & Magnatone Custom 410

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

Amp settings — Soldano SLO-100

CHANNELNormal (Crunch mode)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	7
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	4
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi or Coopersonic ValveSlapper

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with pedal, switch SLO-100 to Clean channel with gain at 2

Volume 6 · Tone 5 · Sustain 7

Why these settings

The SLO-100's Crunch mode on the Normal channel delivers the thick vintage British tube drive needed to approximate the original Coopersonic and Selmer combination without external pedals. The Schecter's active EMG pickups are significantly hotter and tighter than a vintage 12-string, so tone is rolled down to 7 and the neck pickup is selected to replicate that wide, woolly low-end body. Treble and presence are pulled back slightly to tame the active pickup sizzle while keeping the low-mid snarl intact.

PRO TIPPlay the main riff using heavy palm muting strictly with your thumb or flesh of your fingers rather than a thin pick, then let the open low strings resonate naturally to mimic the 12-string octave bloom.

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