You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire amp settings — Marshall DSL1HR
The Queens of the Stone Age guitar tone for “You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL1HR with a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Studio version, Songs for the Deaf (2002)
Peavey Decade solid-state combo, Epiphone Dot 335 (humbuckers), ZVEX Super Hard On boost, Stone Deaf PDF-1 parametric distortion, tuned to C standard
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Tube Screamer style OD (TS9 or similar)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Used as a clean boost to tighten low end and push the amp, replicating the ZVEX Super Hard On's role. Run into amp input.
02Parametric EQ or Distortion with EQ (e.g., Boss GE-7 or EHX Crayon)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Homme's Stone Deaf PDF-1 provides parametric mid-shaping that defines the QOTSA scoop-but-not-scooped sound. A Boss GE-7 set to boost 400Hz and 1.6kHz while cutting 800Hz gets close.
Your DSL is mid-forward where Homme's Peavey Decade was flatter and grindier — I dropped treble to 4 and presence to 4 to avoid the Marshall bite overwhelming the sludgy character. Your Strat's single coils are thinner and brighter than his Dot's humbuckers, so I rolled tone to 6 and pushed mids to 8 to compensate for the missing low-mid girth. Without his boost and parametric dirt pedals, you will lack the compressed, grinding saturation — the recommended TS and EQ are essential to get close.
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