Photograph amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

The Ed Sheeran guitar tone for “Photograph”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender American Ultra Telecaster. Studio version, × (Multiply) album (2014)

Original rig

Acoustic guitar (Ed Sheeran), clean electric guitar by Tyler Johnson — likely DI or clean Fender-style amp, no pedals, fingerpicked with restrained dynamics

Warm, clean, intimate fingerpicked tone with subtle presence and no breakup

Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Blues Junior is ideal here — its warm 6V6 power section delivers the intimate, slightly compressed clean tone this ballad needs. Gain at 3 keeps the amp on the edge of clean with touch sensitivity. Treble at 5 (not higher) prevents the Telecaster's natural brightness from cutting too hard; rolling the tone knob to 6 and using the neck pickup softens the attack to match the acoustic-forward original.

PRO TIPPick near the neck joint with your fingers (not a pick) to emulate the fingerpicked acoustic texture — the Tele's neck S-1 switching position gives you a warmer single-coil voice that sits in the mix like the original's understated electric layers.

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