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Hey Joe amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The The Jimi Hendrix Experience guitar tone for “Hey Joe”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster. Studio version, Are You Experienced (1966-67 sessions)

Original rig

Marshall Super Lead 100 (Plexi), Fender Stratocaster, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, Vox Clyde McCoy Wah

Warm, singing lead with fuzzy grit and vocal sustain — not high-gain shred, but thick and expressive

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD1 (Overdrive 1)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	3
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion (your unit — used as Fuzz substitute)

Set for moderate grit, not full saturation — Hendrix's Fuzz Face was rolled back for this song. Run guitar into pedal, pedal into amp front input. This approximates the Fuzz Face's wooly, touch-sensitive character.

Gain/Drive 5 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The MG30CFX is solid-state with more scooped, modern voicing vs the original Plexi's mid-forward warmth. Pushed mids to 7 to compensate. Your Squier Contemporary has hotter ceramic pickups than Hendrix's vintage single coils — dropped treble to 5 and rolled tone knob to 7 to tame brightness. Using your distortion pedal at moderate gain replicates the Fuzz Face's woolly sustain better than the amp's OD channel alone.

PRO TIPHendrix controlled his Fuzz Face dynamics with his guitar volume knob — roll your volume to 6-7 for the verse for cleaner arpeggios, then slam it to 10 for the solo to bloom into that singing sustain. This is the secret to his expressive touch, not just pedal settings.

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