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Despacito amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee guitar tone for “Despacito”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Fender American Telecaster. Studio version, Vida album (2017)

Original rig

Nylon-string classical guitar (likely high-end handmade or Cordoba/Godin style), recorded direct via condenser mic, no amp

Warm, clean, intimate nylon-string acoustic with subtle room reverb — fingerpicked Latin pop

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELClean voice, ISF full CCW (American/Fender side)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	1
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	3
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME7

Why these settings

Original uses nylon-string acoustic with no amp — your Tele's steel strings and single coils are brighter and twangier. Neck pickup with tone rolled to 4 warms it up significantly. ISF full CCW gives the softest, most Fender-like clean. Gain at 1 keeps it pristine. Volume at 7 softens the attack for fingerpicking dynamics.

PRO TIPPlay fingerstyle near the neck joint (not over the bridge pickup) to get closer to the round, warm attack of a nylon-string. Let your fingertips — not nails — contact the strings for a softer, more classical tone.

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