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Choo Lo amp settings — marshal MG15CF

The The Local Train guitar tone for “Choo Lo”, dialed in for a marshal MG15CF with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Aalas Ka Pedh (2015) — iconic clean intro and ambient verses

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster / Telecaster into Fender Twin Reverb/Deluxe Reverb clean tube amp, tape-style analog delay, lush hall reverb

Warm, ambient indie clean tone with spacious delay and hall reverb

Amp settings — marshal MG15CF

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	7
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Analog Delay (e.g. MXR Carbon Copy / Boss DM-2W)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run direct into amp input)

Regen 5 · Mix 4 · Delay 6

02Hall Reverb (e.g. TC Electronic Hall of Fame / Boss RV-6)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run direct into amp input)

Decay 7 · Tone 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Marshall MG15CF has a 3-band EQ with no built-in reverb or presence controls, so those values are nulled. Running the clean channel with low gain gives you the necessary headroom, while pushing treble compensates for the hotter, darker ceramic humbuckers on your Jackson JS22 compared to the original Fender single-coils. An external delay and reverb pedal are essential to capture the floating, ambient space of the studio track.

PRO TIPSelect the middle position on the JS22's 3-way switch (both humbuckers active) and roll your guitar volume back to around 8 to thin out the humbucker output and mimic the glassy chime of a Fender single-coil clean.

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