Train pulls in amp settings — Headrush Prime
The Gary guitar tone for “Train pulls in”, dialed in for a Headrush Prime with a Jackson X Series Kelly KEXT. Studio version, Blak and Blu (2012) — main riff and lead fuzz tone
Mid-60s Epiphone Casino (P90 bridge) -> Analog Man Astro Tone Fuzz -> Analog Man King of Tone -> Fender Vibro-King 3x10 combo
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01Headrush Wah Block (Black Wah / Cry Baby)
Bypassed for main riff; engage for outro solo
02Headrush Fuzz Block (Fuzz Face / Arbiter Fuzz)
Simulates Analog Man Astro Tone (moderate fuzz setting)
03Headrush Overdrive Block (Klon / Transparent OD)
Simulates King of Tone stack to smooth out the fuzz
Gary Clark Jr. tracks this song with P90 single-coils into a low-gain Astro Tone Fuzz feeding a King of Tone overdrive for smooth compression. Your Jackson Kelly humbuckers have hotter output and thicker low-end than P90s, so roll back your guitar volume to 8-9 and drop bass to 4 to preserve string definition. Keep the Headrush amp block clean (gain 3) so the stacked fuzz and overdrive blocks generate all the singing, speaker-tearing saturation without turning muddy.
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