Star spangled banner amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT
The Hendrix guitar tone for “Star spangled banner”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Live at Woodstock (1969)
1968 Fender Stratocaster ('Izabella') into Vox Wah, Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face (silicon BC108), Uni-Vibe, into cranked 100W Marshall 1959 Super Lead stacks
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 8 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
01Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face (Silicon BC108)
RECOMMENDED — not owned (essential to capture true Hendrix fuzz sustain and dive-bomb harmonic breakup)
Because you lack an external Fuzz Face, the Crush 35RT's Dirty channel must provide all the saturation, requiring Dirty Gain up around 8. Hendrix played a bright single-coil Strat through a treble-heavy Marshall Plexi, whereas your Les Paul humbuckers and the Orange's naturally dark, thick voicing require cutting bass to 4 and pushing treble to 8 to keep the attack biting rather than muddy. The Crush 35RT physically lacks a presence control, so that value is null. Once you acquire a silicon Fuzz Face, switch the Orange to the Clean channel and keep pedal fuzz dimed.
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