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Please mister postman amp settings — SX GA-1065

The The Beatles guitar tone for “Please mister postman”, dialed in for a SX GA-1065 with a SX VTG series. Studio cut, With The Beatles (1963) / The Beatles' Second Album (1964)

Original rig

1958 Rickenbacker 325 / 1962 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman -> 1963 Vox AC30 Top Boost -> EMI REDD console / RS124 compression

Punchy, bright, jangly British Invasion rhythm with prominent chime and slight edge-of-breakup edge
Amp settings — SX GA-1065
CHANNELCleanBOOSToff
GAIN 3 BASS 5 MID 5 TREBLE 5 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain3
Bass5
Mid5
Treble5
Master6
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Signal chain

01Mooer GE150 Pro (AMP Block: UK 30 / Vox AC30 Top Boost model)

Set as primary amp block into the GA-1065 clean channel

Gain 4 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7

02Mooer GE150 Pro (CAB Block: 2x12 British / Alnico Blue IR)

Match with 2x12 Vox-style cab

Level 5

03Mooer GE150 Pro (COMP Block: Studio Comp / Ross Style)

Replicates the Abbey Road EMI RS124 studio peak limiting

Sustain 5 · Attack 4 · Level 6

04Mooer GE150 Pro (REV Block: Room / Plate Reverb)

Subtle EMI Studio Two room ambience

Decay 2 · Tone 5 · Level 2
Why these settings

The SX GA-1065 is a basic solid-state practice amp with a 3-band EQ, so park it entirely clean and transparent at noon to let the Mooer GE150 Pro model the 1963 Vox AC30 Top Boost. Strat-style single coils on your SX VTG naturally cut brighter than Lennon's Rickenbacker toaster pickups and Harrison's Gretsch Filter'Trons, so the middle pickup selection softens excessive bridge-pickup bite while retaining that signature Beatlemania chime. The Mooer compressor block is essential to replicate the heavy Abbey Road console compression and transient snap of the original 1963 rhythm tracks.

PRO TIPStrum stiffly with a thin-to-medium pick right between the middle and bridge pickups using percussive, syncopated downstrokes to capture the driving Merseybeat rhythm section push.

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