Basket case amp settings — Boss GX-100
The Green day guitar tone for “Basket case”, dialed in for a Boss GX-100 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Dookie (1994) — Main rhythm tone
Fernandes RST-50 Strat ('Blue') with slanted Bill Lawrence/Seymour Duncan bridge humbucker into modded Marshall 1959 Super Lead ('Pete' with Bradshaw/Dookie gain mod) through Marshall 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01GX-100 OD/DS Block (T-SCREAM / Clean Boost)
Used purely as an input tightener into the BRIT STACK amp model
02GX-100 Noise Suppressor Block
Directly before or after the amp block to control single-coil hum and tight palm mutes
Because the Player Strat has lower-output, brighter single coils compared to Billie Joe's slanted bridge humbucker, amp treble is pulled down slightly while mid and gain are pushed up to fill out the low-mid body. The GX-100's internal T-SCREAM block is run with zero drive to tighten the low end and mimic the focused push of a modded Plexi. Keep the tone completely dry with zero reverb to capture the in-your-face room sound of Dookie.
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