Edge of Desire amp settings — Fender champion 25
The John Mayer guitar tone for “Edge of Desire”, dialed in for a Fender champion 25 with a SQOE SQOE SEIB680 HSS with Flame Maple Top Electric Guitar (Humbucker / SEIB 680/SEIB-680). Studio version, Battle Studies (2009) - main signature arpeggiated riff
Gibson 1961 SG Standard / Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster into Dumble Steel String Singer / Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature and vintage Fender Super Reverb with Way Huge Aqua-Puss slapback delay and subtle plate reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
01BG300 Multi-FX (Clean Boost / Klon block)
Clean boost block to give slight Mayer-style harmonic thickness without heavy clipping
02BG300 Multi-FX (Analog Delay / Slapback block)
Simulates Mayer's Way Huge Aqua-Puss slapback (approx 120-150ms, 1-2 repeats)
03BG300 Multi-FX (Spring/Hall Reverb block)
Light ambient space behind the continuous picking
The Champion 20/25 has a 2-band EQ with no dedicated mid control, so bass is set slightly higher and treble rounded to 5 to replicate Mayer's warm, scooped Dumble/Fender clean platform. Your HSS Strat's neck+middle (position 4) or neck single-coil captures the chime and percussive pick attack of the studio track. The BG300 handles the essential Mayer Aqua-Puss slapback echo and mild transparent front-end boost.
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