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chocolate amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby

The the 1975 guitar tone for “chocolate”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, The 1975 self-titled album (2013)

Original rig

Fender American Professional II Stratocaster (bridge pickup) → Vox AC30 C2 (Gain 4, Bass 5, Mid 6, Treble 7, Presence 6) → Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man (slapback delay) → Boss CE-2 Chorus

Chiming, bright indie dance-rock with crisp attack, shimmering chorus modulation, and tight slapback delay

Amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby

CHANNELVox AC30 model (or closest clean/edge-of-breakup voicing available)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01M-VAVE Cube Baby — Chorus block

Subtle shimmer, not deep wobble — keep it understated

Rate 4 · Depth 5 · Mix/Level 4

02M-VAVE Cube Baby — Delay block

Slapback delay ~120-150ms, single repeat, sits behind the pick attack

Time 3 · Feedback 2 · Mix/Level 4

Why these settings

The original AC30 has a distinctive Class-A chime with treble peak around 3-4kHz. The Cube Baby's Vox-style model is more compressed and darker, so I raised mid +0 from original to preserve cut but dropped treble -1 to avoid digital harshness. Gain reduced from 4 to 3 because the Cube Baby's gain stages saturate faster than a real AC30's power section. Your Player Strat's pickups are slightly hotter than a vintage-spec Strat — this is already accounted for.

PRO TIPThe verse hook lives on precise, staccato single-note picking on the high E and B strings — use aggressive palm muting between notes and pick right over the bridge pickup pole pieces for maximum snap and definition. The chorus opens up to full strums with hard right-hand muting between chord stabs to maintain the rhythmic bounce.

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