How Do You Know It’s Not Armadillo Shells? amp settings — Line 6 Spider IV 30
The Hot Mulligan guitar tone for “How Do You Know It’s Not Armadillo Shells?”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider IV 30 with a Ibanez S521. Studio version, Pilot (2018)
Fender Telecaster / Gibson Les Paul into Marshall JCM800 / Orange Rockerverb with transparent overdrive (Fulltone OCD / TS-style boost)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
The Spider IV 30 gain runs hot, so Crunch Green is dialed down to 6 to retain clarity during fast, open Midwest emo chord voicings. The Ibanez S521 passive humbuckers deliver thicker low-mids than the single coils often used in the genre, requiring a slight bump in the treble (7) and mids (7) with a restrained bass (5) to preserve string separation. Note that the Spider IV 30 has no physical presence control on its faceplate, so it is omitted.
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