back to friends amp settings — Fender Champion 20
The sombr guitar tone for “back to friends”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Fender David Gilmour Stratocaster. Studio single (2024), main recurring chord guitar track
Gibson Les Paul (direct into Logic Pro amp modeling/plugins) + Mason Stoops session layering
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
The original was recorded using a Gibson Les Paul into a warm, saturated DAW clean channel. Because your Stratocaster has brighter single coils, using the neck+middle position with the tone knob rolled back to 8 thickens the low-mids and tames glassy high-end. On the Champion 20 (which has no mid or presence knobs), the Tweed voice provides the necessary low-mid body and slight edge-of-breakup compression.
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