Free Bird amp settings — Orange Crush 20
The Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar tone for “Free Bird”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a ESP LTD JH-600 James Hetfield. Live at Oakland Coliseum Stadium (1977), iconic outro solo
Gibson Firebird I (mini-humbucker) straight into cranked Marshall Super Lead / JMP 100W heads and 4x12 cabs, no pedals
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 6 |
The Orange Crush 20 naturally has thick low-mids and no presence or reverb controls on its faceplate. To replicate Allen Collins's biting Marshall mini-humbucker tone using your high-output active EMG pickups, we pull bass back to 4 to prevent low-end mud, push mids and treble up to 7 for bite, and rely directly on the amp's Dirty channel at gain 6 rather than engaging high-gain metal pedals. Ballad rhythm intro: toggle your guitar pickup switch to the neck position and roll guitar volume down to 6-7.
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