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Hold On Till May (feat. Lindsey Stamey) amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Pierce the Veil guitar tone for “Hold On Till May (feat. Lindsey Stamey)”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Jackson 7 string king V. Studio album cut, Collide with the Sky (2012) — heavy rhythm drive section

Original rig

Gibson Explorer / ESP Viper (Seymour Duncan JB) into Marshall Super Lead & Orange Rockerverb 100 heads

Thick, saturated modern post-hardcore rhythm crunch with tight low-end and smooth top end
Amp settings — Fender Champion 20
CHANNELMetal voice (Voice knob set to Metal 2000 / high gain voice)
GAIN 7 BASS 5 TREBLE 6 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Treble6
Reverb2
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end flub on the 7th string before hitting high-gain models

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8
Why these settings

The Fender Champion 20 lacks a dedicated mid knob and presence control, so rely on the 'Metal' voice setting for modern post-hardcore saturation. Keep the bass at 5 to prevent the low B string on your Jackson 7-string from flubbing out through the 8-inch practice speaker, while pushing treble slightly to retain pick articulation against the heavy gain. Clean intro/outro: switch the Voice knob to 'Tweed' or 'Blackface' clean with gain dropped to 3.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute firmly against the bridge saddles on low-register riffs to tighten the 7th string's low-end attack and emulate the studio compression of Dan Korneff's blended Marshall/Orange wall.

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