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Bell Bottom Blues amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

The Derek & The Dominos guitar tone for “Bell Bottom Blues”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

Original rig

1956 Fender Stratocaster ('Brownie') into cranked vintage Fender Champ (5F1 / Silverface) and Fender Twin Reverb

Warm, touch-sensitive edge-of-breakup clean with chime and subtle tube compression

Amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

CHANNEL'50s Tweed / CleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	5
Treble	6
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Fender Champion 50XL naturally shares Fender voicing, but its 12-inch Celestion Midnight 60 speaker is punchier than the small 8-inch speaker of Clapton's studio Champ. Selecting the Tweed voice and setting gain to 5 gives authentic power-tube style edge-of-breakup when digging in. Note that the Champion 50XL faceplate has 2-band EQ (Bass and Treble only), with no physical Mid or Presence knobs.

PRO TIPPick with the flesh of your thumb and fingers for the intro verses rather than a plectrum to get Clapton's signature round, expressive low-mid attack.

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