Sink amp settings — Zable 001

The Plastic tree guitar tone for “Sink”, dialed in for a Zable 001 with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, Sink single (1999, WPDV-10008)

Original rig

Likely a mid-gain Japanese or British-voiced amp (Roland JC-120 for cleans or Marshall JCM800/900 for drive), with chorus and delay effects common in late-90s visual kei production. Guitar likely a humbucker-equipped instrument (common in the scene: ESP, Fernandes, or similar)

Shimmering clean-to-light-crunch with chorus modulation, atmospheric delay, melancholic and airy with defined mids

Amp settings — Zable 001

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Chorus (RECOMMENDED — e.g. Boss CE-5 or TC Electronic Corona)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for the shimmering texture of this tone. A basic analog chorus clone works.

Rate 4 · Depth 5 · Level 7

02Delay (RECOMMENDED — e.g. Boss DD-3 or similar digital delay)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Medium delay time (~350ms) with moderate repeats for atmosphere. Run into amp input since no FX loop.

E.Level 4 · F.Back 3 · D.Time 5 · Mode 6

Why these settings

Your Telecaster's single coils are brighter and thinner than the likely humbucker-equipped guitar on the original. I've pushed mids to 6 and kept treble moderate at 6 to compensate for the Tele's natural brightness. The neck pickup with tone rolled to 7 softens the attack to approximate the warmer humbucker voicing. The Zable 001 is an unknown unit—settings assume a neutral solid-state or digital modeling voicing; adjust gain ±1 based on how it responds.

PRO TIPPick closer to the neck (over the fretboard edge) with the fleshy part of your fingers or a lighter pick attack to get that pillowy, dreamy clean tone characteristic of 90s Japanese rock—hard picking will expose the Tele's twang and break the illusion.

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