The hello song amp settings — Marshall s80 Valvestate s80
The Sum 41 guitar tone for “The hello song”, dialed in for a Marshall s80 Valvestate s80 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, All Killer No Killer / Half Hour of Power era (2000-2001)
Marshall JCM900 / Marshall Super Lead, Gibson Les Paul / PRS McCarty with bridge humbucker
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 5 |
The Marshall Valvestate 8240 (S80) uses a Contour control on the Boost channel instead of a traditional Presence knob, so mid/contour should be set around 6-7 to retain midrange bite without overly scooping. Compensate for the Fender Player Stratocaster's brighter, lower-output single coils by setting the tone knob to 8 and pushing the amplifier's mid and gain slightly higher than a humbucker baseline.
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