Seven Nation Army amp settings — spark go
The Stevie Howie guitar tone for “Seven Nation Army”, dialed in for a spark go with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Single release (2023), signature main heavy riff / chorus
Kay hollowbody / Airline electric guitar + DigiTech Whammy (octave down) + Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi into mid-60s Sears Silvertone 1485
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 7 |
01Sub 'N' Up (Octaver block)
Spark app MOD/EQ slot: pitch shift set 1 octave down to emulate Whammy bass riff
02Fuzz Face (Drive block)
Spark app DRIVE slot: replaces external Big Muff for raucous chorus riff
The Spark Go has no physical presence knob, so it is omitted from the hardware controls. Since the Spark Go is a modeling unit, the signature octave-down growl and Big Muff wall of fuzz are recreated entirely within its onboard pitch and fuzz blocks rather than external pedals. Your Ibanez humbuckers provide more low-end compression than Jack White's vintage single coils, so rolling back the guitar tone knob to 8 and keeping amp bass at 6 prevents low-frequency speaker farting on the 2-inch driver. Clean octave intro: tap off the DRIVE block in the Spark app while keeping the Sub 'N' Up active.
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