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Made in Japan amp settings — Rock jam Amp

The Buck Owens guitar tone for “Made in Japan”, dialed in for a Rock jam Amp with a Rock jam Stratocastor. Studio version, In the Palm of Your Hand album (Capitol Records, 1972)

Original rig

Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup) through Fender Twin Reverb or Fender Deluxe Reverb, clean with slight room ambience — Don Rich's signature Bakersfield setup

Clean, bright, snappy chicken-pickin' twang with percussive attack and no breakup

Amp settings — Rock jam Amp

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Treble	7
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The RockJam practice amp lacks the Fender blackface headroom and sparkle, so gain stays minimal to keep it clean. Treble pushed to 7 compensates for the smaller speaker's lack of high-end detail. Bass at 4 prevents mud in a small combo. Your Strat's single coils will approximate the Tele twang reasonably well.

PRO TIPUse a hard pick angled sharply and play close to the bridge with muted palm-rake techniques between notes—Don Rich's percussive snap comes from right-hand attack, not gear.

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