Viento amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Caifanes guitar tone for “Viento”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Caifanes / Volumen 1 (1988)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (middle/bridge positions) into Roland JC-120 / Fender Twin Reverb with Boss CE-2 Chorus and digital delay

Lush, shimmering 80s new wave post-punk clean with wide chorus and subtle delay

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELChannel 1 (Clean)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Bass	5
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPmiddle TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Provides the quintessential 80s chorus shimmer characteristic of Marcovich's tone

E.Level 7 · EQ 6 · Rate 5 · Depth 7

02Boss DD-8 Digital Delay

Standard digital delay mode set to subtle rhythmic repeats (approx. 320ms)

E.Level 4 · Feedback 3 · Time 4 · Mode 1

03Boss RV-6 Reverb

Plate mode adds airy studio dimension behind the modulation

E.Level 4 · Tone 5 · Time 5 · Mode 2

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 40 Channel 1 provides a clean, neutral Fender platform with no dedicated mid or presence controls. To emulate the pristine, glassy high-end of the original Roland JC-120 and Strat single-coils on your humbucker-equipped Ibanez, the middle single-coil is selected and the amp treble is boosted to 7 while relying on the CH-1 for the core modulation depth.

PRO TIPPick cleanly with a medium-light pick near the bridge to maximize high-end chime, letting the open strings ring out fully across the arpeggiated intro chords.

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