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When the sun goes down amp settings — Sclarry GA 20

The Artic monkeys guitar tone for “When the sun goes down”, dialed in for a Sclarry GA 20 with a Eluation Modern. Studio version, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) — fast/heavy section

Original rig

Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster into Vox AC30 with Fulltone OCD overdrive pedal for the driven section

Chimey British crunch with articulate high-mids and controlled gain — stays defined at fast tempos

Amp settings — Sclarry GA 20

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Overdrive pedal (TS-style or OCD clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. This tone requires a drive pedal; the amp alone will not produce the articulate crunch of the original. A Joyo Vintage Overdrive, Behringer TO800, or Boss SD-1 are budget options that get you close.

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Sclarry GA 20 is an unrecognized small solid-state practice amp — I cannot verify its exact control layout, so mid and presence are nulled as they may not exist on your faceplate. The original AC30 crunch came from the OCD pedal into a clean-ish amp, not from amp gain alone. Your amp should stay relatively clean (gain 5) while the recommended overdrive provides the grit. Bass is dropped slightly from the original to compensate for small-speaker low-end looseness.

PRO TIPThe fast section's articulation comes from palm-muting right at the bridge saddles with a light touch — too much pressure and the notes choke; too little and it loses the percussive attack. Roll guitar volume to 7 for the clean intro, then snap it to 9 when the tempo kicks in.

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