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Purple Haze amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The The Jimi Hendrix Experience guitar tone for “Purple Haze”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Sunsmile Stratocaster. Studio version, Are You Experienced (1967) — iconic main riff and solo

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster -> Roger Mayer Octavia -> Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face -> Marshall JTM45/100 Super Lead

Saturated, dynamic vintage silicon/germanium fuzz with octave harmonic overtones and classic British upper-mid bite

Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

CHANNELMarshall-style Plexi amp model (AMP 4 / Brit 800)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Tank G Overdrive/Distortion Block (Fuzz/Vintage Drive mode)

Set as the primary fuzz gain source; keep the amp model edge-of-breakup to avoid double-gain mush

Gain 8 · Tone 5 · Level 7

02Tank G Modulation Block (Sub-octave / Chorus faint doubling)

Emulates the harmonic upper-mid doubling texture of the Octavia into the front of the chain

Rate 2 · Depth 3

Why these settings

The Sunsmile Strat single-coils naturally deliver the percussive neck-pickup snap Hendrix used on the main riff. The Tank G's Marshall Plexi amp model is set cleanly with mid-forward punch (7) to act as a pedal platform, letting the onboard fuzz block generate the thick, woolly saturation. Rolling the guitar volume back slightly to 9 clears up the harsh high-end sizzle of budget ceramic single coils while keeping the fuzz stinging.

PRO TIPPick forcefully over the neck pickup with the flesh/angle of the pick for the intro tritone hits, then roll your Strat's volume down to 6-7 to hear the classic Fuzz Face glassy cleanup for chord fills.

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