Brazil amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40
The Declan McKenna guitar tone for “Brazil”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 40 with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, 'Brazil' single (2015) / What Do You Think About the Car? (2017)
Fender American Elite Telecaster (single coils), likely Vox-style or clean Fender amp with light overdrive, reverb-heavy indie production
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
The original uses single-coil Telecaster brightness; your Les Paul humbuckers are warmer and hotter. Treble stays at 6 instead of rolling back because you need to recover the lost sparkle. Mid pushed to 6 to add the jangly presence humbuckers naturally lack. Gain stays low at 3—this is a clean-with-edge tone, not overdriven. Roll tone knob to 7 to slightly tame the Les Paul's darker output without losing definition.
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