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Layla amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Derek & The Dominos guitar tone for “Layla”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Cort X300. Studio version, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) — iconic clean/crunch riff sections

Original rig

1956 Fender Stratocaster 'Brownie' with stock single-coil pickups → Fender Tweed Champ (small Class A combo, cranked for natural compression and warmth)

Warm, bell-like clean with slight compression and touch-sensitive breakup; vintage Fender sparkle with articulate single-coil clarity

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELClean WarmBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The ID:Core's Clean Warm voice approximates the Champ's warm Class A compression. Your Cort X300 has humbuckers vs Clapton's single-coils, so I dropped treble by 1 and raised mid by 1 to recover the articulate clarity the original Strat provided naturally. Gain stays low (3) because the Champ was a small amp breaking up from volume, not preamp saturation. ISF should sit around 9-10 o'clock (American/Fender side) for that scooped sparkle.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar's tone knob to 7 and use your neck pickup to soften the humbucker's upper-mid bark — Clapton's Strat neck pickup through a tiny Champ was inherently warmer and more compressed than a modern humbucker rig.

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