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The Last of Us amp settings — None GA10 10-Watt

The Gustavo Santaolalla guitar tone for “The Last of Us”, dialed in for a None GA10 10-Watt with a bcp Stratocaster. Original game soundtrack, The Last of Us (2013) — main theme performed on ronroco, not electric guitar

Original rig

Ronroco (acoustic Andean instrument), Fender VI six-string bass for darker passages, recorded in various rooms (bathroom, kitchen) for natural reverb; later electric version uses custom Fender 'Guitarocko' with custom pickups

Sparse, haunting, intimate fingerpicked tone with audible string noise, natural room reverb, and delicate dynamics — more texture than distortion

Amp settings — None GA10 10-Watt

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	3
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	0
Reverb	7
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME6

Why these settings

The original is an acoustic ronroco, so no amp/pedal setup truly replicates it. Your Strat's neck pickup with tone rolled to 4 softens the single-coil brightness to approximate the ronroco's warm, woody character. Gain at 2 keeps it clean but adds slight warmth; reverb at 7 mimics the room ambiance Santaolalla recorded in. Volume knob at 6 reduces output for touch-sensitive dynamics essential to this piece.

PRO TIPSantaolalla intentionally emphasizes finger noise — the sound of fingers sliding on strings. Don't fight it; let your fretting hand slide audibly between position shifts and allow pick attack variations to come through. Play closer to the neck for a rounder tone that better approximates the ronroco's nylon-like warmth.

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