Boppin the blues amp settings — Traynor DG15R
The Carl Perkins guitar tone for “Boppin the blues”, dialed in for a Traynor DG15R with a Squier Sonic Stratocaster. Studio version, Sun Records (May 1956)
1955 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top with P-90 pickups through a small Fender amp (likely Fender Champ or Deluxe), recorded at Sun Studio Memphis with Sam Phillips' signature slapback echo added during mixing
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
Perkins ran nearly clean with amp breakup only on hard attacks. Your Traynor DG15R is a solid-state clean platform similar in spirit to those small Fenders—keep gain low (3) for clean headroom with slight hair on aggressive picking. Treble up to 7 compensates for your Strat single coils being brighter but thinner than his P-90s; mid at 6 adds the body his Les Paul had naturally. Use the onboard spring reverb sparingly (3) to approximate Sun's slapback—it won't be identical tape echo but adds period-appropriate ambience.
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