New Rose amp settings — Bias Fx Bias Fx

The The Damned guitar tone for “New Rose”, dialed in for a Bias Fx Bias Fx with a Aureal Jom-Ts. Studio version, 'New Rose' single (1976) — first UK punk single ever released

Original rig

Brian James used a Gibson Les Paul into a cranked Marshall 100W head (likely a JMP or early JCM-style circuit), no pedals — raw amp overdrive with the volume maxed for that gnarly, trashy punk crunch

Raw, aggressive mid-forward crunch with trashy edge and cutting treble — loose but punchy, pure amp saturation with no effects

Amp settings — Bias Fx Bias Fx

CHANNELMarshall Plexi or JCM800 model — select the 'British' or 'Plexi' amp type in Bias FXBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

Brian James ran a Les Paul into a cranked Marshall for raw tube saturation. In Bias FX, select a Plexi or JCM800 model to capture that British mid-bark. Your Aureal Jom-TS likely has lower-output pickups than a Les Paul humbucker, so gain is pushed to 7 to compensate — the original was amp-on-10 chaos. Mid at 7 preserves the cutting punk aggression that sits above the bass guitar.

PRO TIPDig in hard with downstrokes on power chords — punk tone is as much about attack velocity as it is settings. The sloppier and more aggressive your picking, the more authentic the trashy 1976 energy.

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