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I want you (she's so heavy) amp settings — Roland micro Cube Bass RX

The The Beatles guitar tone for “I want you (she's so heavy)”, dialed in for a Roland micro Cube Bass RX with a Epiphone Sheraton II. Studio version, Abbey Road (1969) — recorded February-August 1969 at EMI/Trident Studios

Original rig

Fender Twin Reverb, Epiphone Casino (bridge pickup), Moog synthesizer for white noise section

Aggressive blues-rock crunch with grinding low-mids and raw edge

Amp settings — Roland micro Cube Bass RX

CHANNELR-FIER (most aggressive voicing available)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Micro Cube Bass RX is a bass amp — it will sound darker and looser than the original Fender Twin. Push the treble down to 5 because bass amp tweeters get harsh, but raise bass to 7 to approximate the Twin's tight low-end punch. The R-FIER setting gives the closest approximation to cranked-amp grit. This amp cannot authentically reproduce the original's tube breakup character.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your pick right over the bridge pickup pole pieces — Lennon's attack on this track is aggressive and percussive, which drives the amp harder and gets that grinding sustain on the held 'heavy' notes.

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