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Layla amp settings — Traynor Guitar Mate 20

The Derek & The Dominos guitar tone for “Layla”, dialed in for a Traynor Guitar Mate 20 with a Hagstrom Select SL-2. Studio version, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) — iconic opening riff and lead

Original rig

1956 Fender Stratocaster ('Brownie') plugged straight into a cranked 1950s Fender Tweed Champ (5F1)

Cranked small-tweed tube compression with biting high-mids, singing sustain, and tight truncated bass

Amp settings — Traynor Guitar Mate 20

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Bass	4
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	8

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the narrow tweed mid-push and compression your dual-humbucker guitar needs

Drive 7 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Traynor Guitar Mate (YGM-2/YGM-4/Guitar Mate series) has only Volume, Bass, Treble, and Reverb controls with no dedicated preamp gain or mid control, so crank Volume high to force natural power tube saturation. Your Hagstrom SL-2 has warm Custom 58 humbuckers compared to Clapton's bright 1956 Strat single-coils, so set the amp's Treble to 7 and pull Bass down to 4 to prevent low-end flub. With the recommended overdrive pedal added later, you can run the amp cleaner and let the pedal shape the vintage tweed midrange bark.

PRO TIPDig in hard with the pick close to the bridge saddles to emulate the sharp, biting attack of a vintage Strat bridge pickup driving a small 8-inch speaker into hard compression.

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