When I come around amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL
The Green day guitar tone for “When I come around”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version, Dookie (1994)
Fernandes Stratocaster ('Blue') with slanted Seymour Duncan JB humbucker into modded Marshall 1959SLP Plexi heads ('Pete' with Bradshaw gain mod & 'Meat' with SE Lead mod)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
The Champion 50XL naturally lacks a physical midrange knob and presence control, so Channel 2 set to the '70s British voice provides the core modded-Plexi midrange bark directly. We leave the Boss DS-1 bypassed because Billie Joe's tone is pure amp-driven crunch, not fuzzy distortion; pushing gain on the amp model keeps the note separation and dynamics intact without turning fizzy. Tuning down a half-step (Eb standard) is essential for matching the resonance and string tension of the original track.
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