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Just looking amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Stereophonics guitar tone for “Just looking”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Performance and Cocktails (1999), Real World Studios

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul through Marshall JCM800/900, minimal pedals—straight amp crunch with room ambience

Gritty mid-forward British crunch with raspy edge, touch-sensitive dynamics, not high-gain
Amp settings — Orange Crush 20
CHANNELDirty
GAIN 6 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 5 REVERB 3 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass5
Mid7
Treble5
Reverb3
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge+middle TONE7 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Mojo Mojo Overdrive

Use as a light boost to fatten single coils and push mids—compensates for Strat's thinner output vs Les Paul humbuckers

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 6
Why these settings

Original uses Les Paul humbuckers into Marshall—thick, mid-punchy, warm. Your Strat single coils are brighter and thinner, so I dropped treble to 5 (vs Marshall's typical 6-7), pushed mid to 7 for that vocal bark, and kept bass moderate at 5 to avoid flub. The Mojo Mojo on low drive adds the midrange thickness and compression your single coils lack vs humbuckers. Dirty channel gain at 6 gives that responsive crunch without going into saturated territory—Kelly's tone breathes.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar volume to 7-8 for verses to clean up the crunch, then slam it to 10 on the chorus for that dynamic lift—Kelly uses his volume knob constantly for this exact effect.

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