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Free Bird amp settings — Donner DA-10B

The Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar tone for “Free Bird”, dialed in for a Donner DA-10B with a Donner Stratocaster. Studio version, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) - Gary Rossington slide intro tone

Original rig

1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG Standard (PAF humbuckers) into Peavey Mace head with 4x12 cab (JBL speakers), glass Coricidin slide

Warm, singing slide clean-edge tone with smooth sustain and upper-mid clarity

Amp settings — Donner DA-10B

CHANNELClean

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Donner DA-10B is a compact solid-state practice amp with 3-band EQ, so gain is set just below breakup on the Clean channel to recreate the clean, loud headroom of Rossington's Peavey Mace. Because single-coil Strat pickups are naturally brighter and thinner than Gary's PAF humbuckers, treble is rolled down to 5 and the neck pickup tone is dialed back to 7 to add warmth and body.

PRO TIPGary tuned his B string down to G (E-A-D-G-G-E) and used a glass Coricidin bottle on his middle finger over the 2nd and 3rd strings simultaneously to produce that thick, unison slide drawl.

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