American Pie amp settings — Marshall MG15GFX
The Don McLean guitar tone for “American Pie”, dialed in for a Marshall MG15GFX with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio album cut, American Pie (1971) - David Spinozza's electric rhythm/fills
1969/1970 Martin D-28 (Don McLean acoustic) / Fender Telecaster into Fender tube combo (David Spinozza electric)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
The MG15GFX Clean channel provides pristine headroom matching the studio Fender amp tone used for Spinozza's fills behind McLean's Martin D-28. Because Jazzmaster single coils have a wide-range top end, rolling the guitar tone to 8 and setting treble to 5 tames high-frequency harshness on a solid-state 8-inch speaker. Note that the MG15GFX faceplate lacks a presence knob, so presence is null.
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