I Feel Fine (Live On Blackpool Night Out) amp settings — Vox AC30C2
The The Beatles guitar tone for “I Feel Fine (Live On Blackpool Night Out)”, dialed in for a Vox AC30C2 with a Rickenbacker 325. Live on Blackpool Night Out (August 1, 1965)
John Lennon: 1964 Rickenbacker 325 (or Gibson J-160E acoustic-electric live) into Vox AC100 / AC50 head with 2x15/4x12 cab; George Harrison: Gretsch Tennessean into Vox AC50/AC100
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 5 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
The AC30C2 Normal channel (or Top Boost with bass up and treble kept neutral) accurately captures the punchy mid-forward chime of mid-60s Beatles live backlines. Because your Rickenbacker 325 has bright, low-output toaster single-coils and a short scale, rolling the tone knob back to 8 and keeping the amp treble moderate prevents it from sounding overly thin or shrill on the main riff. The AC30C2 has no dedicated mid or presence controls on its faceplate (Tone Cut handles top-end attenuation), so those values are set to null.
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