Lovefool amp settings — Valeton GP-100

The The Cardigans guitar tone for “Lovefool”, dialed in for a Valeton GP-100 with a Aria Pro 2 stb. Studio version, First Band on the Moon (1996)

Original rig

Gibson Thunderbird / Hagstrom bass with flatwound strings recorded via studio DI / vintage tube preamp at Tambourine Studios into an Ampeg SVT profile

Punchy, rounded 70s-disco warm vintage bassline with tight low-end and muted attack

Amp settings — Valeton GP-100

CHANNELSVT BASS (Ampeg SVT model) + 8x10 Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	4
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Compressor Block (COMP / V-Comp)

Placed first in chain to even out the 16th-note disco groove dynamics

Sustain 6 · Attack 4 · Level 7

02Graphic EQ Block (EQ)

Boosts the low-mid thump while trimming the modern high-end snap

100Hz 6 · 400Hz 7 · 800Hz 5 · 2kHz 3

Why these settings

The Aria Pro II STB has a punchy modern split-coil pickup that naturally produces more high-end clank than the warm vintage bass used at Tambourine Studios. On the Valeton GP-100 SVT model, push the mid band and pull back treble to 4 while rolling the bass's physical tone knob halfway down. Use the onboard V-Comp block to lock in the punchy, uniform level essential for the driving disco-pop bassline.

PRO TIPPluck near the neck pickup using your index and middle fingers flat against the strings or use palm muting with your thumb to replicate the warm, thumpy flatwound string decay heard on the recording.

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