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Layla amp settings — Nux Mighty 20 bt

The Derek & The Dominos guitar tone for “Layla”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty 20 bt with a Fender Vintera 50s Telecaster. Studio version, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) — Eric Clapton's main rhythm/lead tone

Original rig

1956 Fender Stratocaster (Brownie) into Fender Tweed Champ (some accounts mention Princeton or Vibro-Champ); no pedals, amp cranked for natural compression and breakup; Fender Vibratone rotary speaker used on the piano coda section

Warm, compressed Class A breakup with singing midrange, touch-sensitive dynamics, slightly dark but articulate — the small speaker and cranked single-ended amp create natural saturation without harsh highs

Amp settings — Nux Mighty 20 bt

CHANNELTweed — this is the NUX Mighty 20 BT's Fender tweed-style amp model, closest to the original Champ voicingBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The NUX Mighty 20 BT's Tweed model approximates the Champ's warm, compressed breakup. Your Telecaster bridge pickup is brighter and more cutting than Clapton's Strat, so treble is pulled back to 5 and tone knob rolled to 7 to soften the top end. Mid pushed to 6 to capture that singing sustain quality. Gain at 7 gives the touch-sensitive crunch — dig in for grit, back off for cleaner passages.

PRO TIPClapton's tone on this track responds entirely to pick attack and volume knob — practice rolling your guitar volume to 7-8 for the verse sections and pushing to 10 for the iconic riff to get that dynamic range without touching the amp.

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