Last Night On Earth amp settings — Line 6 Helix LT
The Green Day guitar tone for “Last Night On Earth”, dialed in for a Line 6 Helix LT with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, 21st Century Breakdown (2009) — main melodic arpeggiated electric guitar & solo
1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior (dogear P-90) into vintage Fender Tweed Deluxe blended with Marshall Plexi clean-edge
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 5 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 8 |
01Helix Block: Kinky Boost (clean preamp boost)
Always-on clean boost into amp block to fatten Strat single coils to P-90 girth
02Helix Block: Simple Delay
Subtle dotted-eighth ambient fill
03Helix Block: Plate Reverb
Smooth studio plate ambience
To compensate for the brighter, lower-output Strat single coils compared to Billie Joe's thick 1956 dogear P-90, the Kinky Boost block adds warm midrange girth and push in front of the US Tweed Nrm model. We run the Tweed amp model right at edge-of-breakup and use the Strat neck+middle position with tone rolled to 9 to tame glassy highs and capture that round, piano-like vintage arpeggio attack.
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