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These Boots Are Made for Walkin' amp settings — Line 6 Pod go

The Nancy Sinatra guitar tone for “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'”, dialed in for a Line 6 Pod go with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Boots album (1966), recorded November 19, 1965 at United Western Recorders, Hollywood

Original rig

Fender Showman/Twin Reverb clean amps, various Fender and Gibson guitars, simple direct signal path — the 'dumb sound' aesthetic emphasized uncomplicated, clean chunky rhythm

Clean, chunky, percussive rhythm with tight low-end and restrained treble — deliberately simple and direct

Amp settings — Line 6 Pod go

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	4
Presence	3
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The original uses clean Fender amps with no pedals — Hazlewood's 'dumb sound' was intentionally sparse. Your Les Paul humbuckers are hotter than the original's likely single-coils or low-output humbuckers, so gain stays at 2 to keep it pristine clean. Treble rolled to 4 and tone knob at 6 to avoid the brightness your humbuckers don't need. Neck pickup delivers the warm, chunky character of the original rhythm part.

PRO TIPThe signature riff uses a palm-muted E5 power chord with a specific rhythmic accent — mute hard with your picking hand right at the bridge saddles and dig in with downstrokes only to get that percussive 'chunk' that defined the track. The magic is in the right-hand attack, not the gear.

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