La Cura amp settings — Vox VT20X
The Franco Battiato guitar tone for “La Cura”, dialed in for a Vox VT20X with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, L'imboscata (1996)
David Rhodes / Gavin Harrison sessions: Fender Stratocaster / Telecaster clean into Fender Twin Reverb with studio compression, stereo chorus, and ambient plate reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 5 |
01Onboard Chorus Block (Modulation FX1)
Select onboard Chorus from Section 1
02Onboard Hall/Room Reverb (FX2)
Select onboard Hall reverb block
The VT20X is a digital modeling amp, so we select the 'DELUXE CL' amp model to replicate the clean Fender studio headroom used on the record without needing external pedals. The Telecaster bridge pickup would be overly piercing for this delicate ballad, so using the middle position (both pickups) softens the pick attack while keeping the upper chime intact. We slightly pull treble to 5 and roll the guitar tone knob to 8 to avoid the harsh glassiness common in direct digital top-ends. Clean verse: play with light touch; for the climactic outro strings swell, simply dig in harder on the strings.
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