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Voodoo child amp settings — Vox Vt40+

The Jimi hendrix guitar tone for “Voodoo child”, dialed in for a Vox Vt40+ with a Dean Ml select fluence. Studio version, Electric Ladyland (1968)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Eb tuning) -> Vox Clyde McCoy Wah -> Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face -> Roger Mayer Octavia -> 100W Marshall Super Lead 1959 Plexi

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

Amp settings — Vox Vt40+

CHANNELUK 70S (Marshall Plexi model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Jim Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95

Active on intro muted sweeps and lead highlights; heel-down for rhythmic 'wacka-wacka' scratches.

02KSR Ceres One

BOOST mode into the driven UK 70S amp model to simulate the aggressive front-end push of Hendrix's fuzz face.

Gain 2 · Bass 5 · Middle 6 · Treble 5 · Level 8

Why these settings

The VT40+ 'UK 70S' amp model captures the cranked 1968 Marshall Super Lead character without needing external fuzz pedals. To compensate for the high-output Fishman Fluence humbuckers on your Dean ML compared to Jimi's vintage Strat single-coils, roll the guitar volume down to 8 and run the neck pickup with Voice 2 (vintage/passive mode) engaged if available. The Vox VT40+ has no dedicated presence knob, so upper-mid cut is pushed via the amp's Treble and Middle controls.

PRO TIPHendrix achieved that famous percussive 'voodoo' intro by muting all strings with the fretting hand while rocking the wah between 40% and 80% sweep, digging in aggressively near the bridge with a medium-heavy pick.

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