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Voodoo Child amp settings — Stol Gl-10

The Jimi Hendrix guitar tone for “Voodoo Child”, dialed in for a Stol Gl-10 with a Epiphone Les Paul SL. Studio version, Electric Ladyland (1968)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Eb standard) -> Vox Clyde McCoy Wah -> Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face -> Roger Mayer Octavia -> 100W Marshall Super Lead with 4x12 cabs

Explosive, raw vintage fuzz and pushed midrange bite driven through dynamic single-coil wah sweeps

Amp settings — Stol Gl-10

CHANNELOverdrive / Drive Switch On

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Treble	7
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (Germanium or Silicon)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with this pedal, switch amp to clean channel with gain at 2

Fuzz 10 · Volume 8

02Vox Wah (V847 / Clyde McCoy)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; place first before dirt for iconic intro sweeps

Why these settings

The Stol GL-10 is a compact practice amp with a 2-band EQ (bass/treble only), so the missing mid and presence controls are nulled while pushing gain to 8 on the drive switch to emulate Hendrix's saturated Marshall breakup. The Les Paul SL ceramic single-coils naturally deliver bite, but running on the neck pickup softens the top end closer to a vintage Strat. Add a dedicated Fuzz Face and Wah pedal in front down the road to capture the true explosive dynamic response.

PRO TIPHendrix left the Fuzz Face maxed out and rode his guitar volume between 6 and 9 to clean up the attack into glassy overdrive, rolling all the way to 10 only for soaring leads.

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