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Do You Feel Like We Do amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Peter Frampton guitar tone for “Do You Feel Like We Do”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Live version, Frampton Comes Alive! (1976) — extended 14-minute rendition

Original rig

1955 Fender Stratocaster (red, maple neck) → Marshall Super Lead 100W (cranked, no master volume) → 4x12 with Greenbacks. Talk Box for vocal passages, otherwise straight into amp.

Warm, mid-forward blues-rock crunch with singing sustain and vocal-like expressiveness
Amp settings — Fender Champion 20
CHANNELVoice selector set to 'Tweed' position (closest to mid-forward British crunch)
GAIN 6 BASS 4 MID 7 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 0 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass4
Mid7
Treble6
Presence0
Reverb2
Master5
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PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME8
Signal chain

01Overdrive (Boss SD-1 or Tube Screamer style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Champion 20 lacks the natural power-tube breakup of a cranked Marshall. A mid-hump overdrive pedal is essential to achieve Frampton's singing sustain and warm compression. Without this, the tone will be thin and lack sustain.

Drive 4 · Tone 6 · Level 7
Why these settings

The original tone came from a non-master-volume Marshall cranked to full — pure power tube saturation. The Champion 20 is a solid-state practice amp with no tube breakup, so we rely on the Tweed voice and moderate gain to fake warmth, plus the recommended OD pedal for sustain and compression. Tone knob rolled to 7 tames Strat ice-pick highs; volume at 8 lets the amp breathe while maintaining clarity Frampton achieved by backing off his guitar volume.

PRO TIPFrampton's expressive phrasing comes from riding the guitar's volume knob constantly — he'd roll back to 6-7 for cleaner rhythm passages, then punch to 10 for lead lines. Practice this dynamic control; it's how he got 'talking' sounds even without the talk box.

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