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Come a Little Closer amp settings — line 8 i

The Cage the Elephant guitar tone for “Come a Little Closer”, dialed in for a line 8 i with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, Melophobia (2013) — produced by Jay Joyce

Original rig

Fender Mustang with lipstick-style single-coils → console/preamp direct (no traditional amp), Big Muff Pi for fuzz sections, Boss DD-7 delay

Fuzzy, mid-heavy rhythm with raw string articulation and slight psychedelic edge

Amp settings — line 8 i

CHANNELClean amp model (Fender Twin or Deluxe Reverb model) — use this as a clean platformBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Big Muff Pi (modeled block) — RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Use the Line 6 built-in Big Muff or 'Triangle Fuzz' model. Tone at 4 prevents fizzy top-end; this is your primary gain source for the main riff

Volume 6 · Tone 4 · Sustain 6

02Digital Delay (modeled block) — RECOMMENDED

RECOMMENDED — use Line 6 built-in delay block. Set ~350-400ms dotted-eighth feel for the atmospheric wash

Mix/Level 3 · Feedback 3 · Time 5

Why these settings

Your Ibanez RG550's hot humbuckers are significantly darker and higher-output than Shultz's thin Mustang single-coils. I raised mid +2 vs typical settings to compensate for the humbucker's scooped character, and rolled your tone knob to 7 to tame the RG's aggressive high-end. Amp gain stays at 2 because all dirt comes from the fuzz block — stacking amp gain would create undefined mud.

PRO TIPShultz's secret is aggressive pick attack with a clean amp foundation — dig in hard near the bridge to get that string-separation clarity. Roll your guitar volume to 7-8 during verses to clean up the fuzz dynamically, then slam it to 9 for the chorus swell.

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