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Fortunate Son amp settings — Line 6 Spider v 20 mkii

The Creedence Clearwater Revival guitar tone for “Fortunate Son”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider v 20 mkii with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster. Studio version, Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom (tuned D standard) -> Kustom K200A-4 solid-state combo amp, no pedals

Biting, mid-forward crunch with trebly pick attack and country-rock clarity

Amp settings — Line 6 Spider v 20 mkii

CHANNELCrunch amp voiceBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Line 6 Spider V Crunch model supplies John Fogerty's solid-state edge-of-breakup grit without over-saturating into modern distortion. To compensate for your Stratocaster's brighter, thinner single coils compared to Fogerty's D-tuned Les Paul humbuckers, mid and bass are pushed slightly while rolling the guitar tone knob back to 8 to shave off excessive high-end spank. The Spider V 20 MkII has no physical presence knob, so it is omitted.

PRO TIPFogerty tuned his guitar down a full step to D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) and attacked the strings aggressively right near the bridge with an open E shape; down-tuning slacks the string tension and adds the signature low-mid growl heard on the record.

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