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Jesus Of Suburbia amp settings — Lane LX35R

The Green Day guitar tone for “Jesus Of Suburbia”, dialed in for a Lane LX35R with a Jet JS-400. Studio version, American Idiot (2004) - Main overdrive rhythm tone

Original rig

1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior (P-90 pickup) into modded Marshall 1959SLP Super Lead heads ('Pete' with Bradshaw gain mod and 'Meat' with SE Lead mod)

Punchy, dynamic mid-forward British crunch with clear chord articulation and tight low end
Amp settings — Lane LX35R
CHANNELCleanBOOSToff
GAIN 2 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 6 REVERB 1 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass6
Mid7
Treble6
Reverb1
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

(run direct into amp input) - Turbo Mode I

Level 7 · Tone 5 · Dist 4 · Turbo 1
Why these settings

The Laney LX35R is kept on its Clean channel at low gain so the Boss DS-2 acts as the primary crunch engine without muddying the signal. Turbo Mode I on the DS-2 is dialed with low distortion (4) to replicate the tight, punchy breakup of Billie Joe's modded Marshall Super Leads rather than a modern high-gain fuzz. The Laney LX35R lacks a presence control, so treble is set to 6 and mids to 7 to deliver the cutting upper-mid bite of a P-90 into British power tubes.

PRO TIPHit power chords with an aggressive, downward pick attack using the edge of a heavy pick right above the bridge pickup to emulate Billie Joe's percussive right-hand punch.

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