Tone library / The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Purple Haze

Purple Haze amp settings — Mustang Ltx50

The The Jimi Hendrix Experience guitar tone for “Purple Haze”, dialed in for a Mustang Ltx50 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Are You Experienced (1967) — iconic main riff and solo

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Mustang Ltx50

CHANNELFuzz Lead / '70s Rock amp model with onboard Octabot/Fuzz blockBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	5

Don’t have a Mustang Ltx50? See this song on other amps → Match your own rig →

Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Octavia / Octave Fuzz Block

Onboard Mustang DSP effect block in front of the amp model

Drive 8 · Level 7 · Octave 6

02Onboard Fuzz / Touch Wah Block

Onboard Mustang fuzz stomp block

Fuzz 8 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Mustang LT/GTX models the cranked British stack directly, so we run the '70s Rock/Marshall style amp model on edge-of-breakup gain and let the onboard Octave Fuzz block generate the signature harmonic bite. Since your Player Strat's single-coils naturally deliver bright highs, treble is restrained at 6 while mids are pushed to 7 to replicate the thick, mid-heavy Super Lead tone. Roll the guitar volume down to 7-8 to hear the fuzz clean up dynamically just like Hendrix's rig.

PRO TIPPlay the iconic intro tritone and main groove on the neck pickup, but switch to the bridge pickup and dig in right above the 12th fret during the solo to trigger maximum upper-octave overtone tracking from the fuzz.

Get this tone on your amp

These settings are for a Mustang Ltx50. ToneAdapt matches any song to whatever amp, guitar and pedals you own — first match is free.

Get ToneAdapt on Google Play

Find your amp

Browse

Purple Haze on other ampsSAME SONG, YOUR AMP The Jimi Hendrix Experience tonesALL SONGS Fender Player Stratocaster tonesSAME GUITAR Tone libraryEVERYTHING

Song, artist and gear names are used to identify the tone being matched; ToneAdapt is not affiliated with or endorsed by the artists or manufacturers mentioned. Settings are AI-generated starting points — trust your ears.