Ace of Spades amp settings — Fender Champion 40
The Motörhead guitar tone for “Ace of Spades”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio album cut, Ace of Spades (1980)
Fender Stratocaster (bridge single-coil/humbucker mods) / Gibson Les Paul into Marshall JCM800 2203 / 1959 Super Lead with Boss OD-1 / boost
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
Fast Eddie Clarke's rhythm tone relies on hard-driven British midrange bite cut over Lemmy's aggressive bass. Because the Champion 40 uses a two-band EQ with no dedicated middle knob and is naturally Fender-voiced, setting the amp clean on gain 2 avoids double-gain clash while the DS-1 and TS9 stack replicate the hot-rodded Marshall 2203 saturation. Bass is kept tight at 5 and treble elevated to 7 to deliver the signature cutting bite without speaker flub.
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