The beatles amp settings — Boss Gt-1
The Get back guitar tone for “The beatles”, dialed in for a Boss Gt-1 with a Dean zelinsky LaVoce. Studio single/album version (1969 Let It Be / Apple rooftop sessions)
1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster (bridge pickup) into Fender Twin Reverb amp (silverface)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
01FX1/COMP (Compressor block)
Set Type to BOSS or D-COMP to match the rhythmic chime and squash of Harrison's rhythm attack
02OD/DS (Warm OD block)
Edge-of-breakup hair — kept very low to emulate a cranked silverface Twin rather than heavy dirt
The original tone is George Harrison's solid Rosewood Telecaster driving a silverface Twin Reverb into natural speaker breakup. Your Dean Zelinsky LaVoce has humbuckers (SideKick/PAF-style), which have a warmer, higher output than a vintage Tele single coil, so the GT-1 amp gain is kept low at 4 while treble and presence are pushed to recapture the bright cutting snap. Keep the guitar volume wide open and rely on the light onboard compressor to recreate the rooftop percussive attack.
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