Choo Lo amp settings — Engl Powerball II
The The Local Train guitar tone for “Choo Lo”, dialed in for a Engl Powerball II with a Cort X1. Studio version, Aalas Ka Pedh (2015) — iconic intro clean/arpeggio and ambient lead tone
Fender Stratocaster / Telecaster -> Tube Screamer / Overdrive -> British-voiced tube amp (Marshall/Vox clean-to-edge breakup) -> Analog Delay & Hall Reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Master | 4 |
01Analog / Digital Delay
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run in FX loop or front of clean channel)
02Hall Reverb
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned
The Engl Powerball II is an ultra-high-gain modern metal amp, so use Channel 1 (Clean) with gain dialed back to 3 to achieve the warm, airy headroom heard on the original track. The Cort X1's stock ceramic humbuckers are hotter and darker than Paras Thakur's single-coil Fender sound, so engaging the amp's Bright switch and pushing the treble to 6 compensates for pickup darkness. Because the song relies heavily on ambient space, a delay and reverb are recommended in the Powerball's FX loop.
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