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Seventeen Going Under amp settings — Line 6 Pod Hd500x

The Sam Fender guitar tone for “Seventeen Going Under”, dialed in for a Line 6 Pod Hd500x with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Seventeen Going Under album (2021)

Original rig

Fender Jazzmaster (1959 reissue or similar) → Keeley Red Dirt → Vox AC30 Top Boost channel → Boss DD-8 → Strymon Flint

Bright, chimey British crunch with tight low-end, cutting upper-mids, and subtle ambience
Amp settings — Line 6 Pod Hd500x
CHANNELVox AC30 Top Boost model (or AC30 TB)BOOSToff
GAIN 6 BASS 4 MID 6 TREBLE 7 PRESENCE 5 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass4
Mid6
Treble7
Presence5
Reverb2
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge+middle TONE7 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Screamer model (TS808 or Tube Screamer block)

Substitutes for Keeley Red Dirt — use as a mid-push boost into the AC30 model, not as primary gain source

Drive 4 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Digital Delay model (or DD-3/Mod type)

Subtle slapback to dotted-eighth feel — set time around 350-400ms

Mix 3 · Time 4 · Feedback 3
Why these settings

Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower-output than Fender's Jazzmaster, so treble is pulled back 1 point from the original AC30 settings (8→7) and mid pushed +1 to compensate for the Strat's natural mid-scoop. The Screamer block replaces the Red Dirt's mid-hump character. Position 4 (bridge+middle) gets closer to the Jazzmaster's rhythm pickup voicing than pure bridge.

PRO TIPUse a light pick attack on the verse arpeggios and dig in hard on the chorus power chords — the AC30 model is touch-sensitive and this dynamic shift is central to Fender's recorded tone.

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