Swing Lynn amp settings — Fender Rumble 15

The Harmless guitar tone for “Swing Lynn”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 15 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, 'Swing Lynn' single (2020, later re-released 2022 via Nettwerk)

Original rig

Likely a Fender-style clean amp (Twin Reverb or Deluxe Reverb character) with a semi-hollow or single-coil guitar — the tone has that glassy, scooped jazz-clean quality with subtle room reverb

Warm, glassy clean with soft pick attack, jazzy mids, minimal grit

Amp settings — Fender Rumble 15

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Rumble 15 lacks presence and reverb controls, and its EQ is bass-voiced — I pushed treble to 7 to compensate for the amp's naturally dark response, and raised mids to 6 to recover the jazzy midrange clarity the original has. Gain at 2 keeps it completely clean. Rolling your guitar's tone knob to 6 softens the high-end ice-pick that can happen when pushing treble on a mismatched amp.

PRO TIPPlay with your picking hand closer to the neck (over the fretboard edge) and use the fleshy part of your thumb or fingers instead of a hard pick — this replicates the soft, round attack heard on the recording and compensates for the Rumble's less-than-ideal guitar voicing.

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