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Love Is Strong amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The The Rolling Stones guitar tone for “Love Is Strong”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Voodoo Lounge (1994) — Keith Richards main rhythm track

Original rig

1953 'Micawber' Fender Telecaster (Open G tuning, 5 strings) into cranked vintage Fender Tweed Twin / Tweed Deluxe 5E3

Gritty, punchy vintage Tweed crunch with biting upper mids and loose low end

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELChannel 2 (Tweed Voice - Voice 3/4)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Fender Champion 40 lacks physical middle and presence knobs, so those are nulled. Selecting the Tweed amp voice recreates Keith's signature narrow-panel Tweed Deluxe breakup; since your Ibanez GRG170DX has hotter ceramic humbuckers compared to a vintage Telecaster bridge pickup, the guitar volume is dialed to 9 and treble set to 7 to retain top-end bite without overly saturating the amp. No dirt pedals are needed as the Champion's onboard Tweed voice delivers the right edge-of-breakup grit.

PRO TIPTune your guitar to Keith's iconic 5-string Open G (G-D-G-B-D from low to high, removing the low E string) and strike the opening chord fragments hard with your bare thumb and index fingers rather than a stiff pick.

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