Celia's Dream amp settings — Washburn Wa15
The Slowdive guitar tone for “Celia's Dream”, dialed in for a Washburn Wa15 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio version, Just for a Day (1991)
Fender Telecaster / Custom Tele into Roland JC-120 and Fender Twin Reverb with Boss PS-2 Pitch Shifter/Delay, Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion, Yamaha FX500 Soft Focus patch, and Roland Space Echo
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 4 |
01M-Vave Blackbox (JC Clean Amp Model Block)
Set to a pristine Roland JC-120 style clean amp block to serve as the ultra-clean shoegaze platform
02M-Vave Blackbox (Mod / Chorus Block)
Lush, deep chorus to replicate early 90s rack chorus modulation
03M-Vave Blackbox (Delay Block)
Set for ~380ms repeats to emulate rack delay diffusion
04M-Vave Blackbox (Ambient Reverb Block)
Massive ambient decay mimicking the Yamaha FX500 / reverse-style reverb wash
The Washburn WA15 is a small, straightforward solid-state practice amp with a 3-band EQ and no onboard reverb or presence. Running the M-Vave Blackbox directly into the WA15's clean channel with low gain (2) allows the multi-FX unit to generate the essential Roland JC-120 clean platform, deep chorus modulation, and cavernous early-90s rack reverb washes that define the Slowdive sound. Distorted chorus burst: kick in a built-in Blackbox DS-1/DS-2 style distortion block before the modulation blocks for the heavy wall-of-sound choruses.
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