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Where Is My Mind? (2007 Remaster) amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Pixies guitar tone for “Where Is My Mind? (2007 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Taylor 814ce. Studio version, Surfer Rosa (1988) — 2007 Remaster is the same recording with updated mastering

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (bridge humbucker) → ProCo RAT → Marshall JCM800 50W → Marshall 4x12 cab

British crunch, mid-forward, raw and unpolished, clear attack with slight compression, edge-of-breakup with defined single-note clarity

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELDirty channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPn/a TONE5 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo RAT (or clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone. The RAT provides the gritty, compressed distortion character. Without it, the Orange's gain alone will be thicker and less cutting. A Turbo RAT or cheaper Mooer Black Secret gets you there.

Distortion 5 · Filter 4 · Volume 6

Why these settings

Critical issue: your Taylor 814ce is an acoustic guitar with piezo pickup — it cannot replicate the thick humbucker tone of Santiago's Les Paul. The piezo signal is thin, bright, and quacky compared to magnetic pickups. I've rolled the tone knob to 5 and cut treble on the Orange to compensate, but this will sound fundamentally different — more jangly and acoustic-textured. The Orange Crush 20 is warm and mid-forward like the JCM800, so I've pushed mids to 7 and kept bass at 4 to avoid mud from the acoustic's body resonance.

PRO TIPTo get closer to the electric guitar attack, use a heavy pick (1mm+), strike the strings near the bridge, and palm-mute lightly between chord hits. Consider running your Taylor through a magnetic soundhole pickup instead of the piezo for a warmer, more electric-adjacent tone — the Seymour Duncan Woody or Fishman Neo-D are cheap options that transform the signal.

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