Far behind amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

The Candlebox guitar tone for “Far behind”, dialed in for a Vox Pathfinder 10 with a Ibanez Gio grg220pa1-bkb. Studio version, Candlebox (1993 debut album)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern channel, silicon diodes), Roland JC-120 for cleans. Eb tuning. Light overdrive stacking.

Warm, mid-forward grunge crunch with controlled saturation and melodic sustain — not scooped, defined note clarity

Amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	6
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion (or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential to reach the saturated grunge crunch; the Pathfinder's clean-voiced preamp cannot produce Rectifier-level gain alone. Run into amp with amp gain at 3-4 instead of 7.

Tone 5 · Level 6 · Dist 5

Why these settings

The Pathfinder 10 is a clean-voiced 10W practice amp with no mid knob and limited gain — it cannot replicate Rectifier saturation from the preamp alone. With a DS-1 or similar distortion pedal handling the dirt, drop amp gain to 3-4 to keep the signal clean and defined. Bass 5 / treble 6 approximates the original's warm-but-present EQ on this amp's bass/treble-only tone stack.

PRO TIPThe Gio's ceramic humbuckers run hotter than Peter Klett's PAF-style Les Paul pickups — if the tone feels harsh, roll your guitar's tone knob to 6 and back off the pedal's Tone to 4. Tune down to Eb to match the recording.

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