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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) amp settings — Donner Arena 2000

The The Jimi Hendrix Experience guitar tone for “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”, dialed in for a Donner Arena 2000 with a Ibanez Rg470dx. Studio version, Electric Ladyland (1968) - Main Intro / Heavy Riff

Original rig

1968 Fender Stratocaster (bridge single-coil) -> Vox Clyde McCoy Wah -> Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (Germanium) -> cranked 1966 Marshall Super Lead 100 (Plexi) into 4x12 Greenbacks

Aggressive fuzz-driven wah bark with singing sustain, mid-forward grind, touch-sensitive dynamics

Amp settings — Donner Arena 2000

CHANNELMarshall Plexi / UK 1959 Lead amp model + 4x12 Greenback Cab IRBRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	7
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	8

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Wah Block (Clyde McCoy model)

Assign Arena 2000 expression pedal to Wah Position for the iconic intro sweep

Position 5 · Range 8 · Mix 10

02Fuzz Block (Fuzz Face / Germanium Fuzz model)

Primary gain source inside Arena 2000 multi-FX

Fuzz 9 · Volume 7

03Spring Reverb Block

Post-cab ambient studio room/spring reflection

Decay 3 · Tone 5 · Mix 2

Why these settings

The Arena 2000 handles both the Fuzz Face and cranked Plexi blocks internally, making the HM300 unnecessary. To compensate for the hotter, punchier humbuckers on the Ibanez RG470DX compared to Hendrix's reversed Strat bridge single-coil, select the split in-between pickup position and roll the guitar volume down to 8.5–9 to retain dynamic clean-up and high-end chime.

PRO TIPHendrix achieved his singing sustain by letting the cranked Fuzz Face hit the edge-of-breakup Plexi; roll your guitar volume knob down slightly to clean up the intro muting, then push it to full when kicking into the explosive main chords.

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