Josie amp settings — Friedman Small Box 50

The Blink 182 guitar tone for “Josie”, dialed in for a Friedman Small Box 50 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Dude Ranch (1997)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster with bridge humbucker (Seymour Duncan Invader / Hot Rails) into Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (and modded Marshall JCM900/Plexi blends)

Aggressive, bright 90s skate-punk distortion with punchy mids and tight palm-muted low-end

Amp settings — Friedman Small Box 50

CHANNELBE ChannelBRIGHToff

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

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Why these settings

The Friedman Small Box 50 BE channel provides the modded British high-gain core of Tom DeLonge's Dude Ranch tracking. Since the Player Strat single-coil bridge pickup is naturally brighter and thinner than Tom's high-output humbuckers, treble is pulled back slightly while mids and gain are pushed up to restore punch and harmonic body. The Small Box 50 has no onboard reverb tank, so reverb is set to null.

PRO TIPHit your palm-muted octave and power chord transitions aggressively with heavy, uniform downstrokes near the bridge to capture Tom's signature punchy attack.

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