hotel california solo amp settings — Marshall Code 25
The the eagles guitar tone for “hotel california solo”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 25 with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Hotel California (1976) - Don Felder / Joe Walsh dual solo section
1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (Felder) & Fender Telecaster (Walsh) into cranked Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3) amps with no pedals
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 5 |
The original solo relies on a cranked Fender Tweed 5E3 pushed into power-tube saturation with humbuckers. On your single-coil Strat and Marshall CODE 25, select the American Crunch/Clean Tweed preamp model, roll treble back to 5, boost the midrange to 7, and use the neck pickup with tone dialed back to 7 to emulate the fat, singing body of Felder's '59 Burst. Add a touch of the CODE's internal Spring Reverb to match the 1970s Criteria Studios plate/room acoustic space. For Joe Walsh's bridge-pickup harmony sections, switch to the bridge pickup and roll the tone up to 9.
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