Cicada amp settings — Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV
The Good Kid guitar tone for “Cicada”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV with a Gibson Les Paul Junior. Studio version, Can We Hang Out Sometime? (2026)
Fender Telecaster / Stratocaster into cranked Fender Twin / Deluxe Reverb with Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer and Marshall Bluesbreaker-style overdrive
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 4 |
The Hot Rod Deluxe IV has a naturally scooped mid response and glassy high shelf compared to British crunch amps, so the Mid control is pushed up to 7 while Bass is pulled back to prevent flubbiness. Your Les Paul Junior's single P-90 pickup is thicker and punchier in the lower midrange than Good Kid's typical single-coil bite, so roll the guitar tone knob back slightly to 8 to tame harsh upper-mid spikiness when running the amp's Drive channel. If you acquire a TS9, run the amp on the clean channel and use the pedal as your primary edge-of-breakup drive.
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