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Simple man amp settings — Marshall MG30GFX

The Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar tone for “Simple man”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30GFX with a harley benton ST-20HSS. Studio version, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973) - iconic arpeggiated intro tone

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Bernice') into 1973 Marshall Super Tremolo 100W paired with Fender Twin Reverb

Warm, organic edge-of-breakup Southern rock clean with dynamic upper-mid clarity
Amp settings — Marshall MG30GFX
CHANNELCrunchBOOSToff
GAIN 3 BASS 5 MID 6 TREBLE 5 REVERB 3 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain3
Bass5
Mid6
Treble5
Reverb3
Master5
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PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME7
Why these settings

Gary Rossington recorded the arpeggios using an edge-of-breakup vintage tube rig cleaned up via the guitar's volume pot. On the MG30GFX, select the Crunch channel with gain kept low at 3 to emulate that vintage tube sensitivity without hard solid-state clipping. Because your ST-20 neck pickup is a single coil compared to his thick '59 PAF humbucker, keep the bass at 5 and roll the tone knob back to 8 to add warmth and body. Note that the MG30GFX faceplate lacks a presence knob, so presence is omitted.

PRO TIPPick the intro arpeggios firmly near the neck pickup using a hybrid pick-and-fingers approach, and roll your guitar volume up to 10 only when transitioning into the heavier chorus chords for natural breakup.

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