Today amp settings — Vox VT40X
The The Smashing Pumpkins guitar tone for “Today”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio recording, Siamese Dream (1993) - Heavy rhythm wall of sound
1957 Fender Stratocaster (Lace Sensor pickups) -> Electro-Harmonix 'Op-Amp' Big Muff Pi -> 100W Marshall JCM800 (KT88 tubes) set clean/edge of breakup
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Boss GT-1: Muff Fuzz (OD/DS Block)
Run Boss GT-1 into front of VT40X with amp models bypassed on the GT-1; use the 'Muff Fuzz' setting.
The Siamese Dream rhythm tone relies on an Op-Amp Big Muff slamming a clean high-headroom tube amp. Per double-gain rules, the VT40X is set to a clean AC30 voice with gain at 2 so the GT-1's Muff model provides all the wall-of-sound saturation. To compensate for the bright Telecaster bridge single-coil versus Corgan's hotter Lace Sensor Strat, tone is rolled back slightly to 9.
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