Hitchin' a Ride amp settings — Laney LX35R
The Green Day guitar tone for “Hitchin' a Ride”, dialed in for a Laney LX35R with a Jet JS-400. Studio cut, Nimrod (1997)
Fernandes Stratocaster ('Blue' with angled Seymour Duncan JB humbucker) into modded Marshall 1959 Super Lead heads ('Pete' Bradshaw gain mod and 'Meat' SE Lead mod)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01MXR Dookie Drive
Primary gain source capturing Billie Joe's blended Pete/Meat Marshall circuit; DS-2 bypassed
The MXR Dookie Drive directly replicates Billie Joe's dual-modded Marshall heads, so run it into the Laney LX35R Clean channel with amp gain kept low to avoid muddy double-gain stacking. The Laney solid-state voicing lacks a presence knob and naturally carries warmer, darker low-mids, so the pedal tone and amp treble are bumped slightly to match the bite of his Strat bridge humbucker. For the clean intro and verses, roll your guitar volume back to around 6 or pick lighter rather than stepping on extra pedals.
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