In our prime amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40
The The Black keys guitar tone for “In our prime”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 40 with a Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster. Studio version, Turn Blue (2014) — climax guitar solo (outro)
Dan Auerbach: Guild Thunderbird / vintage Harmony Stratotone with foil/P90-style pickups into vintage Fender Quad Reverb / Marshall JTM45, driven heavily by Shin-ei Companion / Sovtek Russian Big Muff fuzz
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01Fuzz Block (Vintage Fuzz / Black Op)
Spark onboard drive block
02Digital Delay Block
Spark onboard modulation/delay block for ambient space
The Spark 40 is modeled here with the Tweed Bass amp model as a warm, organic clean platform to let the onboard Fuzz block generate Dan Auerbach's trademark woolly breakup. On your Eric Clapton Stratocaster, the neck pickup combined with rolling the tone knob down to around 7 softens the glassy Strat treble to recreate Dan's darker vintage foil pickup character. Intro/quiet sections: bypass the Spark fuzz block and back the guitar volume off to 7 for a clean blues tone.
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