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Should I Stay or Should I Go amp settings — Line 6 Pod go

The The Clash guitar tone for “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, dialed in for a Line 6 Pod go with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Combat Rock (1982)

Original rig

Fender Twin Reverb, Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup), MXR Distortion+ for slight grit boost

Raw, punchy rhythm crunch with bright attack and minimal saturation

Amp settings — Line 6 Pod go

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Scream 808 (Tube Screamer model)

Used as clean boost to push amp into light breakup, mimicking MXR Distortion+ role

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

Original used a Telecaster's bright single-coil bite into a clean Fender Twin. Your Epiphone Les Paul's humbuckers are warmer and hotter, so I rolled tone knob to 7 (not wide open) to retain clarity and pushed mid +1 to compensate for the Les Paul's darker voicing. The Scream 808 block adds the edge grit the MXR Distortion+ provided without over-saturating.

PRO TIPDig into the strings with aggressive downstrokes near the bridge—Mick Jones' tone lives in the percussive pick attack, not the gain. Palm-mute the low E string lightly on the main riff for that chunky punk thump.

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