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Hotel california amp settings — Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII

The Eagles guitar tone for “Hotel california”, dialed in for a Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Hotel California (1976) — Joe Walsh lead solo part

Original rig

Fender Telecaster into cranked small Tweed amp / Roland Cube, MXR Phase 90, Echoplex

Dynamic edge-of-breakup bite with Telecaster bridge clarity and subtle spatial movement

Amp settings — Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII

CHANNELClean Channel (Voice switch Out / American mode)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01MXR Phase 90

Set very low for subtle slow swirl as heard on Walsh's lead fills

Speed 2

02Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive

Primary drive source pushing the clean channel into vintage Tweed-style edge-of-breakup

Level 7 · Tone 5 · Drive 4

Why these settings

The Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII Clean channel is set to American voice with the gain kept low (3) to act as a pedal platform. The Boss SD-1 provides the asymmetrical clipping and midrange bump that mimics Walsh's cranked small vintage amp. Rolling your Telecaster tone knob slightly back to 8 tames excessive modern single-coil bridge bite.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge with your fingers or a stiff pick for Walsh's articulate attack, using your guitar volume at 8-9 to clean up the edge-of-breakup response.

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