Basket Case amp settings — Donner DA-10B
The Green Day guitar tone for “Basket Case”, dialed in for a Donner DA-10B with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Dookie (1994) — Main rhythm tone
Fernandes RST-50 Strat ('Blue') with slanted bridge humbucker (Bill Lawrence L-500 / Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB) into modded Marshall 1959 Super Lead ('Pete' with Bradshaw Dookie mod) and Marshall 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
01Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Primary gain source; replicates the hot-rodded Marshall Plexi crunch into the clean amp
The Donner DA-10B is a compact practice amp with only Gain, Bass, Treble, and Master Volume controls, so mid, presence, and reverb are nulled. To replicate Billie Joe's modded Marshall Plexi crunch without fizzing out the small speaker, the amp is kept on Clean with gain at 2 while the Boss BD-2 acts as the main overdrive engine. Because a standard single-coil Strat bridge is brighter and thinner than Billie Joe's slanted bridge humbucker, the amp's treble is dialed back and the Strat's tone knob is rolled slightly to 9 to add low-mid body.
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