The cooler king amp settings — Sonicake Pocket Master
The The crookes guitar tone for “The cooler king”, dialed in for a Sonicake Pocket Master with a Dangelico Excel ss tour. Studio version, Hold Fast (2012)
Vox AC30 Top Boost / Fender Twin Reverb + Fender Telecaster / semi-hollow + ProCo Rat / Tube Screamer + Spring Reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 8 |
01Screamer (TS Overdrive Block)
DRV block in Pocket Master running into clean/edge amp
02Spring Reverb Block
RVB block in Pocket Master
The D'Angelico Excel SS Tour semi-hollow with humbuckers has a warmer, rounder low-mid response than the bright single-coils often used in UK indie-pop. To compensate and achieve the song's signature cutting attack, amp and pedal trebles are elevated to 7 while the amp gain is kept low to avoid muddy double-saturation with the Screamer drive block. The Vox AC30 Top Boost model provides the authentic jangly upper-mid character.
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