Bags amp settings — Harley benton HB-40MFX

The Clairo guitar tone for “Bags”, dialed in for a Harley benton HB-40MFX with a Harley benton Tv series. Studio version, Immunity (2019)

Original rig

Fender Player Mustang (neck pickup) → Fender Champion 40 (clean, Gain 2) → Boss CE-2 Chorus → Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano reverb. Produced by Rostam Batmanglij.

Warm, hazy, lo-fi bedroom-pop clean tone with soft chorus modulation and reverb wash — understated, intimate, fingerpicked texture

Amp settings — Harley benton HB-40MFX

CHANNELClean (select cleanest voice available)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	6
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Chorus (RECOMMENDED — not owned)

RECOMMENDED — Boss CE-2 or any basic analog chorus clone; slow rate, moderate depth for that dreamy warble. A budget TC Electronic Corona Mini or Donner Tutti Love gets you 80% there.

Rate 4 · Depth 5

Why these settings

The HB-40MFX is an unrecognized amp model — values given for universal knobs (gain/bass/mid/treble/reverb/master). Your amp likely has built-in modulation effects: if it has a chorus setting, enable it at slow rate/moderate depth to substitute for the missing CE-2. Treble dropped 1 from original because Harley Benton TV-series guitars run brighter than a Mustang's neck pickup. Roll tone knob to 7 to tame ice-pick highs.

PRO TIPPlay with a light touch — fingerpick or use the fleshy part of your thumb near the neck pickup to get that soft, pillowy attack Clairo uses. Dig in too hard and you lose the hazy, bedroom-pop vibe entirely.

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