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Play God amp settings — Blackstar Silverline stereo deluxe

The Sam Fender guitar tone for “Play God”, dialed in for a Blackstar Silverline stereo deluxe with a Fender Jaguar. Studio recording, Hypersonic Missiles (2019) / single release (2017)

Original rig

Fender American Professional Jazzmaster -> Mooer Yellow Comp -> Fulltone OCD -> Fender '65 Twin Reverb -> EHX Small Clone -> Strymon BigSky

Punchy, chimey indie-rock overdrive with bright offset snap, moderate compression, and ambient hall space
Amp settings — Blackstar Silverline stereo deluxe
CHANNELClean Warm voice, TVP 6L6 response, ISF set to 0 (full American/Fender)BOOSToff
GAIN 2 BASS 5 MID 6 TREBLE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass5
Mid6
Treble5
Reverb0
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01TC Electronic Zeus Drive

Main overdrive; provides the dynamic, touch-sensitive breakup into the clean platform

Drive 6 · Volume 7 · Treble 5 · Fat 0

02Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

Engaged for the subtle width and shimmer heard in the choruses and fills

E.Level 5 · EQ 5 · Rate 4 · Depth 5

03TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2

Set to Hall mode for the lush, spacious studio reverb trail

Decay 6 · Tone 4 · Level 5 · Mode 2
Why these settings

The Blackstar Silverline is set to Clean Warm with a 6L6 valve response and ISF dialed fully counter-clockwise to emulate the headroom and American chime of Sam Fender's '65 Twin Reverb. Amp gain is kept low at 2 to run the TC Zeus as the primary medium-gain drive without unwanted digital pre-amp muddiness. A Fender Jaguar has a shorter scale and slightly sharper transient spike than a Jazzmaster, so rolling the guitar tone to 8 and keeping the amp treble at 5 tames high-end piercing while retaining the percussive attack.

PRO TIPPick aggressively right near the bridge saddles with a rigid medium-heavy pick (around 0.88mm to 1.0mm) to get that signature sharp, snappy rhythm attack before letting the chord ring into the reverb.

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