Runway Houses City Clouds amp settings — Kazuki Be-150
The Tame Impala guitar tone for “Runway Houses City Clouds”, dialed in for a Kazuki Be-150 with a Kawes Stratocaster. Studio version, InnerSpeaker (2010) — main psychedelic rhythm and lead guitar
Vox AC30H2 + Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster (D Standard tuning) + EHX Small Stone Phaser, Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, EHX Holy Grail, MXR Carbon Copy, MXR Dyna Comp
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 6 |
03MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned
The Kazuki Be-150 is a compact solid-state practice amp with an unverified control set, so only the core gain, 2-band EQ, and built-in reverb are dialed in. Kevin Parker's signature tone relies heavily on pushing an AC30 into mild compression, so the amp's drive channel is kept around 4 to add warm edge-of-breakup texture without turning into modern high-gain distortion. Rolling the guitar tone knob back to 7 smooths out the sharp bridge single-coil treble to better mimic the warm Vox top-end roll-off. When you acquire a standalone overdrive pedal, switch the amp to Clean and drop its gain to 2.
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