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Sympathy For The Devil amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The The Rolling Stones guitar tone for “Sympathy For The Devil”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Beggars Banquet (1968) - Iconic Lead Solo

Original rig

1957 Gibson Les Paul Custom 'Black Beauty' (3-pickup, bridge) into Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster into cranked Vox AC30/Vox Supreme solid-state amp

Piercing, aggressive, treble-pushed British crunch with cutting upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELChannel 2 (Voice: British 60s / Vox AC30 voice)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Treble	8
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Klone Centaur

Used as a high-headroom treble boost to recreate the Dallas Rangemaster front-end push

Gain 3 · Treble 8 · Output 8

Why these settings

The Champion 40 lacks a physical mid knob and presence control, so mids are shaped directly by the British voice selection while keeping bass pulled back. Because your Ibanez humbucker runs slightly modern and dark compared to a vintage PAF through a Rangemaster, the Klon clone is engaged with high output and elevated treble into a clean amp setting to emulate the piercing bite of Keith's solo. Keep the amp gain low at 2 to adhere to double-gain prevention and let the pedal deliver the aggressive front-end cut.

PRO TIPPick hard right near the bridge saddles using aggressive downstrokes and short, staccato phrasing to capture that raw, biting edge on the pentatonic bends.

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