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Raining in manila amp settings — GA15 GA15

The Lola amour guitar tone for “Raining in manila”, dialed in for a GA15 GA15 with a ERG121C ERG121C. Studio version, single release (June 2023) / Lola Amour debut album (2024)

Original rig

Clean electric guitar tone - specific amp/guitar not publicly documented, but city pop style suggests Fender-style clean platform or direct recording with chorus/compression. Guitar likely a humbucker or HSS configuration based on warm clean tone.

Warm, glassy clean with subtle compression and light chorus shimmer - classic city pop rhythm guitar voicing

Amp settings — GA15 GA15

CHANNELClean channelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Compressor (RECOMMENDED - not currently owned)

RECOMMENDED — A basic compressor like Boss CS-3 or MXR Dyna Comp is essential for that consistent, polished city pop clean attack

Level 6 · Sustain 4 · Attack 5

02Chorus (RECOMMENDED - not currently owned)

RECOMMENDED — Boss CE-2 style or TC Electronic Corona. Subtle setting for shimmer without obvious warble. This is the defining effect of city pop guitar tone.

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Level 6

Why these settings

Your GA15 is a small practice amp with limited headroom, so keep gain at 2 to stay crystal clean. Your ERG121C has humbuckers which are warmer than typical city pop single-coil tones, so I've pushed mids to 6 and rolled the guitar tone knob to 7 to recover some clarity without harshness. Without chorus and compression pedals, you'll get the basic clean foundation but miss the polished studio sheen.

PRO TIPCity pop guitar relies heavily on precise 16th-note strumming with palm muting on the low strings while letting higher strings ring clean — practice the 'chika-chika' funk-adjacent right hand technique with your pick angled slightly to get that percussive snap on upstrokes.

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