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Skate or Die amp settings — Roland Cube 40GX

The Teenage Bottlerocket guitar tone for “Skate or Die”, dialed in for a Roland Cube 40GX with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, They Came From the Shadows (2009)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 or similar British high-gain head, Gibson Les Paul or similar humbucker guitar, minimal pedals - likely just a Tube Screamer or similar boost for tightness

Fast, punchy pop-punk crunch with tight palm mutes, aggressive upper-mids, and minimal low-end flub - classic Fat Wreck Chords Ramones-inspired tone

Amp settings — Roland Cube 40GX

CHANNELLead (JC Clean off, select Lead channel)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Cube 40GX Lead channel with COSM modeling gets close to the JCM800 bark this genre requires. Your Tele's bridge single coil is brighter and lower output than the humbuckers on the original - compensated by dropping treble from 7 to 6 and pushing mids to 7 for that punchy Ramones-core attack. Bass at 4 keeps palm mutes tight without flub on the 10-inch speaker.

PRO TIPFor authentic pop-punk attack, use all downstrokes on the power chords and mute aggressively with your palm right at the bridge saddles - the Tele's bridge pickup position makes this easy and gives you that tight, percussive chunk that defines the Fat Wreck sound.

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