Song 2 amp settings — Fender Frontman 15G
The Blur guitar tone for “Song 2”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 15G with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Blur (self-titled album, 1997)
Marshall Super Lead 100w → 1968 4x12 cab, DOD FX76 Punkifier, Fender Telecaster
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Fuzz/Distortion Pedal (e.g., DOD FX76 Punkifier, ProCo RAT, or Boss DS-1)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Punkifier is rare; a RAT or DS-1 gets you 80% there. This is the gain source—without it, the tone is unobtainable.
The Frontman 15G is a solid-state practice amp with limited breakup—it cannot replicate the Marshall's natural tube saturation on its own. I pushed gain to 7 and mids to 7 to compensate for the Fender's scooped voicing versus the Marshall's mid-forward bark. Without a fuzz/distortion pedal, you will only achieve the clean verse tone; the explosive chorus requires external dirt. Your Strat's single coils are brighter than Coxon's Tele, so I rolled treble back to 6 and recommend tone knob at 7 to tame ice-pick highs.
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