One of My Lies amp settings — Marshall JCM900
The Green Day guitar tone for “One of My Lies”, dialed in for a Marshall JCM900 with a Tokai Ast-101. Studio version, Kerplunk (1991)
Fernandes 'Blue' Strat copy (Bill Lawrence bridge humbucker) into Gallien-Krueger 250RL solid-state head / Marshall 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
The Tokai AST-101 has lower-output single coils compared to Billie Joe's bridge humbucker, so gain is raised to 7 and treble is rolled back to 5 to prevent single-coil fizziness on the JCM900. Mids are pushed to 7 to deliver the signature British bark without requiring an external boost pedal. Reverb is set to 0 because the Kerplunk tracking is bone dry.
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