No Other Heart amp settings — FENDER sidekick
The Mac DeMarco guitar tone for “No Other Heart”, dialed in for a FENDER sidekick with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Salad Days (2014)
1970s Fender Vibro-Champ + Teisco / 1970s Fender Stratocaster + Boss CE-2 Chorus + Roland RE-201 Space Echo / tape machine modulation
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
The Fender Sidekick solid-state amp provides a pristine clean platform similar to a clean Fender circuit, though it lacks the tube warmth and natural tape wobble of the record. We dial the amp EQ with moderate bass and slightly elevated mids and treble to offset the darker, thicker response of your Les Paul's humbuckers compared to Mac's single-coils. Using the middle pickup position with volume rolled back to 8 thins out the low-end mud and mimics the hollow, jangly Teisco/Strat voice.
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