Use Somebody amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT
The Kings of Leon guitar tone for “Use Somebody”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Only by the Night (2008) — signature driving octave lead hook
Gibson Les Paul / ES-335 into Vox AC30 / Matchless DC-30 with rhythmic digital delay and studio plate reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 5 |
01Digital Delay (e.g. Boss DD-7 / DD-8)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; set to dotted 8th / ~380ms to nail the bouncing arena octave riff
The Orange Crush 35RT naturally packs thicker low-mids than the chimey Vox and Matchless amps used on the record, so keeping the bass at 5 and pushing the treble to 6 balances out that darkness. Single-coil Strat pickups can sound thin compared to Matthew Followill's humbuckers, so mids are pushed to 7 with gain set to 4 on the Dirty channel to deliver harmonic richness without collapsing into modern distortion. The Crush 35RT faceplate has Bass, Middle, Treble, and Reverb controls with no presence knob. Clean verse: drop guitar volume to 6 or switch to the Clean channel.
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