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Choo Lo amp settings — Soldano SLO-100

The The Local Train guitar tone for “Choo Lo”, dialed in for a Soldano SLO-100 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Aalas Ka Pedh (2015) — iconic clean/ambient intro & melodic arpeggio tone

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster / Telecaster -> Tube Screamer (for drive boost) / Modulation -> Fender Twin Reverb & Marshall Plexi style tube amps with digital delay and plate reverb

Warm, chimey, ambient indie rock clean with soft chorus modulation and spacious stereo delay

Amp settings — Soldano SLO-100

CHANNELNormal (Clean)BRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE8 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Boss CE-2W Chorus

Set mode switch to Standard (S)

Rate 4 · Depth 5

02Boss DD-8 Digital Delay

(FX loop) Set Mode to Warm or Digital; tempo ~146 BPM quarter note or dotted eighth

E.Level 5 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 5 · Mode 1

03Boss RV-6 Reverb

(FX loop) Set Mode to Hall or Modulate

E.Level 5 · Tone 5 · Time 6 · Mode 2

Why these settings

The SLO-100 is high-gain by nature, so keep it strictly on the Normal channel set to Clean with preamp gain low around 3 to prevent unwanted breakup. Pairing your Ibanez HSH in the split neck+middle position emulates the chime and glass of a classic single-coil Strat used on the original recording, while the CE-2W, DD-8, and RV-6 in the loop provide the expansive, lush atmosphere of the intro. The SLO-100 has no onboard reverb tank, so the RV-6 handles all spatial ambience.

PRO TIPPosition 4 (neck+middle split) softens the aggressive ceramic humbucker attack of the Ibanez GIO and gives you that exact mellow, crystalline articulation heard in Paras Thakur's opening arpeggios.

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