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Little wing amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV

The Jimy hendrix guitar tone for “Little wing”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Studio version, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup, volume ~7-8) → Univox Uni-Vibe (slow chorus setting) → Marshall Super Lead 100W / Fender Twin on edge of breakup

Warm, glassy, low-gain lead with liquid rotary swirl. Touch-sensitive dynamics and neck-pickup roundness define this tone — delicate and almost ambient.
Amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
BRIGHToff
GAIN 4 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 5 PRESENCE 3 REVERB 5 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain4
Bass5
Mid7
Treble5
Presence3
Reverb5
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8
Signal chain

01Uni-Vibe style pedal (e.g. MXR Uni-Vibe, TC Electronic Viscous Vibe, Behringer UV300)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. This is essential to the Little Wing sound; without it you get clean Strat tone but lose the signature liquid swirl.

Speed 3 · Depth 7 · Mode Chorus
Why these settings

Your Blues Junior IV is a near-perfect match — Fender clean platform like Hendrix's Twins. The BJr has more midrange focus than a blackface Twin, so mid stays at 7 rather than the original's flatter 6 to preserve that warm body. Presence dropped to 3 (BJr's presence can get ice-picky). Gain at 4 keeps you at edge-of-breakup where pick dynamics bloom. The FAT switch should stay OFF for this glassy tone.

PRO TIPRoll your Strat's volume knob to 7-8 and work the dynamics with your picking hand — Hendrix's tone breathes because he played light for the verses and dug in for the fills. The neck pickup with tone at 7 removes just enough treble to hit that vocal midrange without going muddy.

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