Selfless amp settings — Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212

The The Strokes guitar tone for “Selfless”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, The New Abnormal (2020) — Nick Valensi lead riff

Original rig

Epiphone Riviera (P-94 pickups) into Electro-Harmonix Micro POG / POG octave pedal, Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde, Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212

Lush, chimey octave-laden lead melody with mild edge-of-breakup grit

Amp settings — Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212

CHANNELCleanBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Micro POG / Nano POG

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Dry 7 · Sub Octave 0 · Octave Up 6

02Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde (or Tube Screamer / OD)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Drive 4 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

You already own Valensi's exact core amplifier (Hot Rod DeVille 212), so the amp settings mimic his clean platform with boosted mids (7) to fatten the thinner Squier Strat single-coils compared to his P-94 semi-hollow. Keep the amp on the clean channel at edge-of-breakup (gain around 4); the iconic synth-like 12-string texture is generated by an upper-octave pitch shifter (POG) running into mild drive, which you can add via pedal to complete the tone.

PRO TIPPlay the main melodic motif using gentle, even fingerpicking or a medium pick near the neck joint to smooth out the Strat's percussive attack and emulate the fluid, sustained singing response of Valensi's octave tracking.

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