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I Love Rock 'N Roll amp settings — Roland Cube Street 2

The Joan Jett & The Blackhearts guitar tone for “I Love Rock 'N Roll”, dialed in for a Roland Cube Street 2 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, I Love Rock 'n Roll (1981)

Original rig

c. 1965 Gibson Melody Maker (Red Rhodes Velvet Hammer humbucker) straight into cranked Music Man 212-HD 130 combo with EVM 12L speakers

Aggressive, clangorous power-chord crunch with heavy midrange bark and tight low end

Amp settings — Roland Cube Street 2

CHANNELCrunch amp type

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Why these settings

Joan Jett's original tone came from an ultra-hot ceramic humbucker hitting a cranked Music Man amp with no pedals. To match that punchy, mid-heavy weight on a single-coil Stratocaster, the Cube Street 2 is set to Crunch with the midrange pushed to 8 and the guitar tone knob slightly rolled off to tame single-coil sharpness.

PRO TIPHit your open-position power chords aggressively using heavy downstrokes with a thick pick (1.0mm+) right near the bridge to replicate Joan's percussive attack.

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