The middle amp settings — Fender Champion 20
The Jimmy eat world guitar tone for “The middle”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Bleed American (2001) - main crunch rhythm guitar
Gibson Les Paul / Fender Telecaster into cranked Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and Marshall JCM900 / Bogner tube amps with Boss/Ibanez distortion pedals
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 4 |
The Champion 20 is a 2-band EQ modeling amp without a physical mid or presence knob, so both are set to null. Selecting the British Crunch voice provides the pushed mid-forward crunch of the studio Marshall/Fender mix, while setting treble to 7 compensates for your Ibanez ceramic bridge humbucker's slightly darker response. If you later add a distortion pedal, switch the amp to the Clean voice with gain around 2 and let the pedal drive the tone.
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