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Layla amp settings — Line 6 Spider IV 15

The Derek & The Dominos guitar tone for “Layla”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider IV 15 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970), Criteria Studios

Original rig

1956 Fender Stratocaster 'Brownie' → Fender Champ (late 1950s/early 1960s, 6V6GT tube)

Warm, singing sustain with edge-of-breakup crunch, touch-sensitive, mid-forward presence, slightly rolled-off highs

Amp settings — Line 6 Spider IV 15

CHANNELClean

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Spider IV Clean channel approximates the Champ's warm, compressed character. Mids pushed to 7 to replicate the Champ's mid-forward voice that cuts through the mix. Treble dropped to 6 because the Spider's digital modeling runs brighter than a real Champ's rolled-off speaker response. Gain at 5 gives touch-sensitive breakup without full saturation—the original was a cranked small amp at edge-of-breakup, not high gain.

PRO TIPDig in with your pick on sustained notes and back off for cleaner passages—Clapton's Champ tone was entirely volume-knob and pick-attack responsive. Roll your guitar volume to 7-8 for the rhythm parts, then push to 10 for the solo to get natural gain staging.

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