Punk Rock Girl amp settings — Peavey Bandit 112
The The Dead Milkmen guitar tone for “Punk Rock Girl”, dialed in for a Peavey Bandit 112 with a Epiphone Slash Les Paul Standard. Studio version, Beelzebubba (1988) — Arlyn Studios, Austin TX
Silvertone amp + small Kay amp (split/blended), heavily compressed with 1176 limiter; guitar likely Gibson L6S or similar
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
The original tone came from small, cheap tube amps pushed into breakup and then squashed with heavy studio compression. Your Bandit's solid-state preamp is tighter and less saggy than those old Silvertone/Kay amps, so I've pushed mids to 7 to capture the nasal, honky midrange of lo-fi tube breakup and kept treble moderate to avoid the Bandit's tendency toward harshness. Gain at 6 gives gritty crunch without modern high-gain saturation. Rolling tone knob to 7 on the Les Paul tames the humbuckers' brightness to approximate the darker, mushier single-coil-ish vibe of Talcum's guitars.
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