Lidian amp settings — Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV
The Norman brown guitar tone for “Lidian”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV with a Fender American Original 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Just Chillin' (2002)
Ibanez George Benson GB10 / custom archtop guitar (mini-humbucker in neck position) straight into pristine clean tube amps (Fender Twin Reverb / Polytone / Mesa Boogie clean) with light studio compression and room reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Presence | 3 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 4 |
Norman Brown tracks with a hollowbody archtop and a floating mini-humbucker, giving naturally thicker lower-mids than your vintage-voiced 60s Stratocaster. To compensate, push the Hot Rod's midrange to 7, drop the treble to 4 with the bright switch disengaged, and roll your Strat neck tone knob down to 6 to eliminate single-coil glassiness. Keep the amp clean channel at low gain to preserve pure jazz headroom without tube clipping.
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