Let It Be amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX
The The Beatles guitar tone for “Let It Be”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Epiphone Casino. Album version solo, Let It Be (1970)
1957 Gibson Les Paul ('Lucy') with PAF humbuckers into a cranked Fender Twin Reverb/Deluxe Reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 6 |
01Overdrive (Tube Screamer / Blues Driver style)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds smooth harmonic sustain to push a clean Fender-style tone
The original solo was recorded on George Harrison's humbucker-equipped Les Paul pushed into power amp saturation, whereas the Epiphone Casino uses brighter, punchier P-90 single coils with hollowbody resonance. We use the MG30CFX's OD-1 channel with gain at 7 to recreate the thick tube saturation without external pedals, while pulling the guitar's tone knob back to 8 and keeping amp treble at 5 to tame the P-90 top-end bite. With the recommended overdrive pedal added later, switch the amp to the Clean channel with gain at 3 and let the pedal deliver the front-end saturation.
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