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Mayonaka No Door ~Stay with Me amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The Miki Matsubara guitar tone for “Mayonaka No Door ~Stay with Me”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Fender John Mayer Stratocaster. Studio version, Pocket Park (1979) / Single (1979)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (middle/bridge position or 'in-between' quack) recorded direct/studio console with studio opto/VCA compression, clean studio solid-state/Roland JC-120/Twin style voicing, and subtle analog chorus/plate reverb. Guitar parts played by Tsuyoshi Kon and Masaki Matsubara.

Iconic bright, pristine, compressed late-70s Japanese City Pop rhythm funk-chank clean tone with smooth transient attack and airy sparkle
Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G
CHANNELClean / US Clean Preamp Model (Slot 1 Clean Model) + 2x12 Open Back Cab IRBRIGHTonBOOSToff
GAIN 2 BASS 4 MID 5 TREBLE 7 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 3 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass4
Mid5
Treble7
Presence6
Reverb3
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Tank G Onboard Compressor Block

Even out the 16th-note rhythm chops and add classic studio squash

Sustain 7 · Attack 4 · Level 7

02Tank G Onboard Modulation Block (Chorus)

Subtle stereo/analog chorus dimension behind the rhythm guitar

Rate 3 · Depth 3 · Mix 3

03Tank G Onboard Space/Reverb Block (Plate/Room)

Studio ambience emulation

Decay 3 · Tone 6 · Mix 3
Why these settings

The John Mayer Big Dipper pickups naturally scoop the mid frequencies around 1kHz, which matches the vintage studio-direct City Pop chank perfectly. Keeping the M-Vave Tank G's clean amp model gain around 2 ensures completely unclipped headroom while setting the compressor block up front provides the snappy transient percussiveness heard across the track. Treble and presence are pushed slightly to recreate the crisp studio console console top-end sheen.

PRO TIPUse a thin-to-medium pick (around 0.60–0.73mm) and maintain a very relaxed, fluid wrist motion while keeping palm-muting light on the ghost 16th-notes to replicate Tsuyoshi Kon and Masaki Matsubara's signature bouncy funk-chank rhythm.

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