Valentine amp settings — Frontman 20
The Jane Deer guitar tone for “Valentine”, dialed in for a Frontman 20 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio track, Nothing Runs Like You (2020)
Single-coil electric guitar into clean boutique tube amp with optical compressor and subtle plate reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 4 |
01Compressor (Keeley / Dyna Comp style)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned
02Plate / Hall Reverb
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned
The Frontman 20 provides clean solid-state headroom with standard Bass, Middle, and Treble controls (no built-in reverb, drive gain control on clean, or presence knob). Strat single-coils in position 4 capture the clean, hollow chime of the original track; keeping the middle control around 6 prevents the clean tone from sounding too thin through an 8-inch practice speaker. An outboard compressor and subtle reverb pedal are recommended to add studio polish and sustain.
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