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De Música Ligera amp settings — Positive Grid Spark MINI

The Soda Stereo guitar tone for “De Música Ligera”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark MINI with a Squier Debut series. Studio version, Canción Animal (1990) Criteria Recording Studios, Miami

Original rig

Fender Electric XII / Jackson Soloist San Dimas into Marshall JCM800 / Vox AC30 blend with Boss SD-1 and subtle chorus/reverb

Punchy, jangly 90s alt-rock power-chord crunch with British upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Positive Grid Spark MINI

CHANNELPlexi (British Crunch)BRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive (Tube Drive Block)

Spark onboard drive block to push the British crunch model

Drive 4 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Chorus (Modulation Block)

Spark onboard chorus block for Cerati's subtle 12-string doubling width

Depth 3 · Speed 3 · Level 4

Why these settings

Cerati achieved the signature wide, jangly attack using a blended Marshall/Vox setup with 12-string tracking. On the Spark MINI, the Plexi model pushed with an onboard Tube Drive block replicates that mid-forward 90s crunch without needing external pedals. The Squier single coils provide natural top-end chime, so treble is kept at 7 to prevent harshness.

PRO TIPHit the four-chord progression (Bm-G-D-A) with decisive, full-arm downstrokes across all 6 strings, letting the open ringing strings chime over the gain.

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