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Documentaries amp settings — Vox AC10C1

The The Long Faces guitar tone for “Documentaries”, dialed in for a Vox AC10C1 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Documentaries EP (2020)

Original rig

Likely Fender-style or Vox-style amp with 12-string electric guitar layered over standard 6-string, clean to edge-of-breakup tones with complex fingerpicked/arpeggiated figures, no heavy distortion — Canterbury-inspired jangly indie rock

Jangly, shimmering clean with touch-sensitive edge-of-breakup, complex harmonic overtones from layered guitars, bright but not harsh, melodic clarity with slight natural compression

Amp settings — Vox AC10C1

CHANNELNormal

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE7 VOLUME8

Why these settings

The AC10C1 is ideal for this Canterbury-influenced jangle — its Class A chime and touch sensitivity match the original's shimmering clean complexity. Gain at 4 gives you that edge-of-breakup sparkle when you dig in without saturating. No mid or presence knobs on this amp — the EL84 power section and Celestion VX10 speaker naturally deliver the upper-mid chime this tone needs.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar volume to 8 and use pick dynamics to access the clean-to-grit spectrum — dig in on accents for harmonic bloom, back off for glassy cleans. The original uses 12-string layering for that shimmer; approximate it by letting open strings ring into each other on arpeggios.

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