Take Me Home, Country Roads (Original Version) amp settings — Line 6 Pod go
The John Denver guitar tone for “Take Me Home, Country Roads (Original Version)”, dialed in for a Line 6 Pod go with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971) — RCA Studio A, New York
Fender Deluxe Reverb or Twin Reverb (clean), likely a Telecaster or semi-hollow guitar for electric parts; primarily acoustic-driven track
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01LA Studio Comp (LA-2A studio compressor model)
Adds the gentle studio compression heard on the original — keeps dynamics smooth without squashing
Your Les Paul humbuckers are hotter and warmer than the original's likely single-coil or semi-hollow setup. Compensate by using the neck pickup with tone rolled to 6 and volume at 8 — this softens the attack and reduces output to match the delicate original. Gain stays very low (2) because this is a pure clean tone; the mid bump to 6 prevents the Fender model from sounding too scooped against your darker humbuckers.
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