In the City amp settings — Chord CG-10BT

The The Jam guitar tone for “In the City”, dialed in for a Chord CG-10BT with a Kramer Striker Custom S-424CR/HS. Studio single / album version, In the City (1977)

Original rig

Rickenbacker 330 into cranked Marshall Super Lead / JMP 100W 2x12 combo, no pedals

Aggressive, chiming mod-punk crunch with sharp upper-mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Chord CG-10BT

CHANNELDrive (Gain switch IN)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Treble	7
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Chord CG-10BT is a 10W practice amp with a 2-band EQ (no middle, presence, or reverb controls), so mid, presence, and reverb are set to null. Paul Weller got this tone by driving bright single-coil Rickenbacker pickups into a roaring British tube amp. On your Kramer humbucker, engage the amp drive switch, keep the gain around 6 to avoid muddy modern saturation, cut the bass to 4 to prevent speaker flub, and push treble to 7 for that biting 1977 punk attack.

PRO TIPWeller's tone is all about high-energy, aggressive downstroke strumming near the bridge saddles to maximize treble chime and string transient snap.

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