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Knee Socks amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “Knee Socks”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, AM (2013)

Original rig

Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 + Magnatone Custom 410, Coopersonic Valveslapper distortion, Fulltone Mini DejaVibe, Boss DM-1 Delay, Gretsch Duo Jet / Vox Starstream XII

Fuzzy, warm double-distorted riff with slow warbling chorus/vibrato and spring reverb ambience

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELVoice: '60s British (setting 7) / FX: Chorus + Rev

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Fulltone Mini DejaVibe / Uni-Vibe

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; use the Champion's onboard Chorus+Rev setting to simulate the warble and space

Volume 5 · Intensity 6 · Speed 3

02Dual-stage Tube Overdrive / Distortion (e.g. Coopersonic Valveslapper)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; the onboard '60s British voice provides the primary saturation

Drive 7 · Tone 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 20 lacks a dedicated mid knob and presence control, so EQ shaping is strictly bass and treble. Selecting the '60s British voice mimics the vintage Selmer tube breakup, while rolling the Strat tone knob back to 7 rounds off single-coil top end to emulate the warmer Gretsch Duo Jet. Onboard Chorus + Reverb handles the warble and spatial depth usually produced by Alex Turner's DejaVibe and DM-1 delay.

PRO TIPPick firmly with the meat of your thumb or use heavy palm muting near the bridge to give the riff its characteristic punchy, compressed low-end thud without flubbing out the 8-inch speaker.

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