Street fighting man amp settings — Mason Dixon Da model 10 watts
The Rolling stones guitar tone for “Street fighting man”, dialed in for a Mason Dixon Da model 10 watts with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, Beggars Banquet (1968)
Gibson Hummingbird acoustic tracked directly into an overloaded Philips portable cassette recorder mic/preamp; electric bass guitar (no traditional guitar amp)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
GAIN SOURCE — recreates the buzzy, overloaded cassette recorder preamp clipping
The original song famously used zero guitar amplifiers, driving an acoustic guitar directly into a saturating portable Philips cassette machine. Because your Mason Dixon is an unrecognized small 10W practice amp, unverifiable controls like mid and presence are nulled, and its gain is parked clean at 2 to avoid muddy double-gain. The owned Boss BD-2 serves as the primary gain engine, with Gain and Tone pushed past noon to replicate the raspy, bright transistored tape breakup on your humbucker-equipped Les Paul.
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