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WASHED amp settings — Fender Bassman 59

The ELEVATION RHYTHM guitar tone for “WASHED”, dialed in for a Fender Bassman 59 with a Fender American Professional II Telecaster. Studio version (2024), signature main riff and rhythm drive

Original rig

Matchless DC-30 / Vox AC-style boutique amp, Analogman King of Tone, stereo delay, ambient plate reverb, Fender Telecaster

Punchy boutique edge-of-breakup chime with dual-stage transparent overdrive and ambient wet FX

Amp settings — Fender Bassman 59

CHANNELNormal Channel (Input 1)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01JHS Morning Glory V4

Gain source — set Gain Cut/Boost toggle down (standard low-gain mode) to replicate the transparent King of Tone chime

Volume 7 · Drive 5 · Tone 7

02Strymon Timeline

Set mode to dTape or Dual, dotted-eighth division synced to song tempo

Time 5 · Repeats 4 · Mix 4 · Filter 5

03Strymon BlueSky

Plate mode, Normal modulation

Decay 6 · Mix 4 · Low Damp 5 · High Damp 6 · Pre-Delay 3

Why these settings

The '59 Bassman has a thick, tweed low-mid punch compared to the original EL84 chime of a Matchless DC-30, so bass is pulled back to 4 while treble and presence are pushed to emulate the Top Boost chime. The Morning Glory acts as the primary transparent drive into a clean Bassman platform rather than using high preamp saturation. Your Telecaster bridge pickup matches the original spank; roll the guitar tone knob to 9 to tame any harsh spike from the single-coil into the bright Bassman front-end.

PRO TIPPick aggressively with a medium-heavy pick right above the bridge pickup to trigger the Morning Glory's top-end saturation while keeping the Timeline delay repeats clean and articulate.

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