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Outside Of This Town (Live) amp settings — VHT D50

The Christone "Kingfish" Ingram guitar tone for “Outside Of This Town (Live)”, dialed in for a VHT D50 with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s. Live in London (2023), recorded at The Garage

Original rig

Fender Kingfish Telecaster Deluxe / Custom Starcaster + Marshall / Peavey Classic 50 / Fender Super Reverb + Way Huge Overrated Special / Dunlop Cry Baby Wah

Searing, high-sustain modern blues lead tone with rich low-mid body and singing overdrive
Amp settings — VHT D50
CHANNELOverdrive Channel (Drive/Level engaged)BRIGHToffBOOSTon
GAIN 7 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 5 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Mid7
Treble6
Presence5
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Jim Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95

Used actively during dynamic solo sections

02Boss ME-70 (OD/DS Section: T-Scream)

Clean mid-boost into the D50's overdrive channel to add sustain and vocal cut

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

03Boss ME-70 (Delay Section: Analog Delay)

Subtle slap/ambient space for live feel

Time 3 · Feedback 3 · Tone 5 · E.Level 3

04Boss ME-70 (Reverb Section: Room)

Provides room ambience since the D50 lacks onboard reverb

Type 3 · Tone 5 · Level 4
Why these settings

The VHT D50's Dumble-style Overdrive channel provides the smooth, thick harmonic saturation Kingfish relies on. Pushing the preamp mid control to 7 and engaging the Preamp Boost matches his massive low-mid punch, while the ME-70's T-Scream acts as a front-end mid tighten. The Epiphone Les Paul neck humbucker yields Kingfish's signature vocal flutey sustain—roll the guitar tone back slightly to 8 to round off harsh top-end bite.

PRO TIPUse heavy, pick-slanted downstrokes near the neck for rhythm chording, and dig deep with the fleshy side of the picking thumb to coax Kingfish's explosive pinch-harmonic overtones on solo bends.

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