Come taste the band amp settings — Fender Champion 40
The Deep purple8 guitar tone for “Come taste the band”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio album opening track 'Comin\' Home' from Come Taste the Band (1975)
Fender Stratocaster with late-60s neck into Marshall Super Lead 100W / Hiwatt heads, Echoplex EP-3, Sam Ash Fuzzz Boxx / overdrive
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
Used as the main drive stage to emulate Tommy Bolin's cranked Marshall/fuzz push
02Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
Tape mode set to a quick single slapback (~110-130ms) mimicking Bolin's signature Echoplex EP-3
The Fender Champion 40 has a 2-band EQ without dedicated physical mid or presence knobs, so those are nulled. Since Tommy Bolin played single-coil Strats into mid-heavy cranked British stacks, your Ibanez humbuckers provide more low-end and output; using the TS9 in front of the clean/edge setting tightens the bass and injects the necessary mid-range hump. The delay adds the crucial Echoplex slapback Bolin used across the entire album.
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