Boulevard of broken dreams amp settings — Marshall Mg series 100DFX
The Green Day guitar tone for “Boulevard of broken dreams”, dialed in for a Marshall Mg series 100DFX with a Fender Classic 70's stratocaster. Studio version, American Idiot (2004) — iconic heavy rhythm/chorus tone
Modified Marshall 1959SLP Super Lead heads ('Pete' and 'Meat') + Gibson Les Paul Junior (P-90) / ES-335 + Boss TR-2 Tremolo
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
To prevent muddy double-gain stacking, the MG100DFX is kept on the Clean channel with preamp gain low while the DS-1 provides the primary crunch. Because your 70s Strat single-coils are brighter and thinner than Billie Joe's P-90 and humbucker guitars, the DS-1 Tone is backed down to 4 and guitar tone to 8 to tame high-end fizz. Marshall MG series solid-state EQ has Contour on the drive side, but on the Clean channel using standard 3-band EQ, bass and mids are boosted to 6 to fill out single-coil body.
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