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Interstate Love Song amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Stone Temple Pilots guitar tone for “Interstate Love Song”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio version, Purple (1994) — iconic main intro riff and rhythm crunch

Original rig

1957 Gibson Les Paul Special (P-90s) & Fender Telecaster into S.I.B. Varidrive, Vox AC30, and Demeter TGP-3 preamp

Rich, articulate medium-gain crunch with punchy upper mids and vintage warmth

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELVoice: British Crunch (Amber/Green LED)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01M-Vave Blackbox (OD Block / Tube Drive)

Used as a mild preamp boost into the front input to emulate the S.I.B. Varidrive warming up the front end.

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Champion 20 lacks a physical mid knob, so setting the Voice selector to British Crunch naturally introduces the Vox/Marshall upper-mid bark heard on Dean DeLeo's tracks. The Jazzmaster's single coils are brighter and wider than Dean's vintage P-90s, so rolling the guitar tone down to 8 and keeping treble at 5 tames high-end spike. The M-Vave Blackbox acts as a warm overdrive boost to push the amp into articulate tube-like saturation.

PRO TIPDean DeLeo uses complex, open jazz-style chord voicings; strike the strings firmly near the bridge with a medium-heavy pick to get that chiming, distinct note separation within distorted chords.

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