N Side amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Steve Lacy guitar tone for “N Side”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Mandalika Mandalika. Studio version, Apollo XXI (2019)
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| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
The Blues Junior IV has plenty of natural midrange warmth and a built-in spring reverb tank, making it well-suited for Lacy's clean sound without extra pedals. Keeping the FAT boost off and the preamp gain low at 3 preserves clean headroom, while presence is omitted since the Blues Jr faceplate has no presence control. Rolling the guitar tone back slightly to 8 tames the EL84 high-end chime to mimic Lacy's mellow, direct-recorded DI flavor.
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