Silver Springs amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX
The Fleetwood Mac guitar tone for “Silver Springs”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Harley Benton st-62 vw. Studio recording, Rumours sessions / B-side (1977)
Fender Stratocaster (modded with Alembic Stratoblaster preamp) into Morley volume pedal, Leslie rotary speaker, tape delay, and Mesa/Boogie Mark I / Hiwatt clean studio amps
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (approximates the studio tape delay used for swells)
02Morley Volume Plus / Volume Pedal
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (essential for the studio volume swell technique)
The MG30CFX lacks a presence knob and naturally pushes aggressive upper-mid bite, so the Clean channel is kept with moderate treble and flat mids to emulate the warm high-headroom studio cleans. Position 4 (neck+middle) on your ST-62 provides the necessary scooped, glassy quack Lindsey Buckingham achieved on his modded Stratocaster. The onboard digital reverb softens the solid-state attack while you play the part straight until you acquire delay and volume pedals for swells.
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