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Where Is My Mind? (2007 Remaster) amp settings — Marshall Code 50

The Pixies guitar tone for “Where Is My Mind? (2007 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Surfer Rosa (1988) — 2007 remaster. Matching the iconic clean arpeggiated riff, not the louder chorus sections.

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 50W (chorus/loud sections) and Fender Vibrolux Reverb (clean intro/verse), Gibson Les Paul Standard or Custom with humbuckers, MXR Dyna Comp for sustain bloom on arpeggios

Clean, reverby arpeggiated shimmer with slight compression bloom — defined note separation, warm but articulate, spacious and dynamic
Amp settings — Marshall Code 50
CHANNELClean (American Tweed or Deluxe Reverb model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff
GAIN 3 BASS 5 MID 5 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 4 REVERB 5 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain3
Bass5
Mid5
Treble6
Presence4
Reverb5
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The original clean tone came from a Fender Vibrolux Reverb — select the American Clean or Deluxe Reverb model on your Code 50 to match that Fender scoop and reverb character. Your Pacifica's Alnico V single coils are brighter than Santiago's Les Paul humbuckers, so I dropped treble by 1 and presence by 1 to compensate for the extra high-end. Gain stays low (3) because this is a clean platform tone — the Vibrolux was set for definition, not breakup.

PRO TIPUse your picking hand closer to the neck for a rounder attack that mimics the humbucker's warmth — the arpeggios should bloom, not snap. Roll tone to 8 to tame single-coil ice.

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