The Vulture (Live) amp settings — Laney Cub 12R
The Marc Ford guitar tone for “The Vulture (Live)”, dialed in for a Laney Cub 12R with a Epiphone Ultra III. Live performance version, The Vulture era (2016) — Jam In The Van LA session and Daytrotter recordings show consistent gritty, warm blues-rock tone
Marc Ford typically uses vintage-style tube amps (Fender Deluxe Reverb / Vox AC30 variants) with Telecaster or semi-hollow guitars, minimal pedals — focusing on amp-driven breakup and touch dynamics
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 5 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Presence | 0 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 6 |
The Laney Cub 12R is a perfect match for this tone — it's a low-watt EL84 amp that breaks up similarly to the Vox/Fender clean-to-edge-of-breakup platforms Ford favors. Your Epiphone Ultra III's humbuckers are hotter than Ford's typical single-coil Tele sound, so I've pulled treble down to 4 and rolled your tone knob to 7 to tame the extra high-mid push. Gain at 5 gives you that touch-sensitive growl where picking softly cleans up and digging in produces grit.
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