Back to the old house amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Mac DeMarco guitar tone for “Back to the old house”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Mac DeMarco cover version, live/Rock and Roll Night Club era style
Fender Twin Reverb or Vibro Champ, 1970s Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup), Boss CE-5 Chorus, Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb, Alesis Microverb 4
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 4 |
01Chorus (Boss CE-5 or similar)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for Mac's warbly, dreamy texture. Any analog-voiced chorus works.
Your Blues Junior is darker and more midrange-focused than Mac's Twin Reverb, so treble is pushed to 7 to recover the jangle. Bass stays low at 4 to avoid mud. Rolling your tone knob to 5 mimics Mac's habit of softening the top end for that mellow, vintage feel. Without a chorus pedal, you lose the signature wobble — the built-in reverb at 5 gets you partway there.
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