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Could You Be Loved amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20B

The Bob Marley & The Wailers guitar tone for “Could You Be Loved”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-20B with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio cut, Uprising (1980) - Junior Marvin's signature muted popcorn riff and clean rhythm skank

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster / Gibson Les Paul Special into Fender Twin Reverb (clean studio DI blend)

Percussive, punchy, bone-dry clean popcorn picking with tight low-end and articulate snap

Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20B

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	7
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Harley Benton HB-20B is a clean solid-state bass practice amp with 3-band EQ (no presence or reverb knobs), which actually provides great clean headroom and punch for reggae popcorn picking. Keep the Behringer SF300 fuzz bypassed since this tone is purely ultra-clean and percussive. Cutting bass to 4 prevents the 8-inch bass speaker from booming, while boosting mids and highs accentuates the quacky pick snap.

PRO TIPAnchor the fleshy heel of your picking hand directly against the bridge saddles for tight palm-muting ('popcorn picking'), striking the strings firmly near the bridge to maximize percussive attack.

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