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Apocalypse Dreams amp settings — Kazuki Be-150

The Tame Impala guitar tone for “Apocalypse Dreams”, dialed in for a Kazuki Be-150 with a Kawes Stratocaster. Studio album version, Lonerism (2012) — main driving rhythm guitar / outro progression

Original rig

1967 Rickenbacker 335 (or Stratocaster) direct into Seymour Duncan KTG-1 Tube Preamp DI, Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Diamond Vibrato, MXR Dyna Comp, EHX Holy Grail Reverb

Compressed, saturated direct-injected psychedelic crunch with warm modulation and tape-like high-end sizzle

Amp settings — Kazuki Be-150

CHANNELOverdrive / Lead ChannelBRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive (Boss BD-2 Blues Driver style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Drive 6 · Tone 5 · Level 6

02Vibrato / Modulation (Diamond Vibrato style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Speed 5 · Depth 5 · Volume 5

03Reverb (EHX Holy Grail style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Reverb 4

Why these settings

Because the Kazuki is a generic solid-state practice platform and lacks built-in modulation/reverb, use its onboard drive channel around 6 to emulate Kevin Parker's cranked Seymour Duncan KTG-1 DI preamp saturation. To prevent your Strat's single-coil bridge pickup from sounding too brittle without Kevin's vintage DI warmth, push the mids to 7, drop the treble to 5, and roll your guitar tone back slightly to 8. Clean sections: roll the guitar volume down to 6 to clean up the drive.

PRO TIPKevin Parker tunes his guitars down one whole step to D Standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) on almost all of Lonerism, which provides the loose, slack-string acoustic resonance and distinct low-end chew heard on the record.

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