Sofia amp settings — Davis GE-15

The Clairo guitar tone for “Sofia”, dialed in for a Davis GE-15 with a Thomson ST-1. Studio version, Immunity (2019) — main driving rhythm guitar riff

Original rig

Fender Coronado II (DeArmond single-coils) / Stratocaster into direct-in console/tube preamps with aggressive fuzz/distortion processing by producer Rostam Batmanglij and mixer Dave Fridmann

Compressed, raspy indie-pop distortion with fizzy top-end and punchy lo-fi midrange

Amp settings — Davis GE-15

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

Primary dirt source into clean amp input

Tone 4 · Level 7 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Davis GE-15 is a basic solid-state practice amp with an 8-inch speaker and a two-band EQ, so mid, presence, and reverb are omitted. Because the Boss DS-1 handles all the distortion to replicate the song's buzzy DI fuzz tone, keep the GE-15 on its Clean channel with low gain to prevent muddy solid-state clipping. Setting the DS-1 Tone to 4 keeps your Strat-style single-coils from sounding excessively piercing through a small speaker.

PRO TIPUse the Strat 'in-between' position 4 (bridge+middle) and strike the open strings and barre chords with consistent, percussive downstrokes right next to the bridge to capture that tight, robotic bedroom-pop drive.

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