Selfless amp settings — Hartke HD75

The The Strokes guitar tone for “Selfless”, dialed in for a Hartke HD75 with a Epiphone Casino. Studio version, The New Abnormal (2020) — Nick Valensi lead guitar hook

Original rig

Epiphone Riviera (P-94 pickups) into EHX Micro POG and Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde into Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212

Lush upper-octave synth-like shimmer with articulate chime and slight edge-of-breakup drive

Amp settings — Hartke HD75

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	7
Master	5

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Micro POG

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Dry 7 · Sub Octave 0 · Octave Up 8

02Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde (Overdrive Side)

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Drive 4 · Tone 6 · Volume 6

Why these settings

The Hartke HD75 is a clean, full-range bass amp with a 7-band graphic EQ and 3-band rotary EQ, lacking onboard tube breakup, reverb, or presence. Set the bass low at 4 to prevent your hollowbody Casino from booming, boost treble to 7, and center the graphic EQ sliders (specifically keeping 1kHz and 3kHz elevated) to emulate the Fender DeVille chime. Without the Micro POG octave-up effect, play the lead line higher up the neck around the 12th–14th frets to capture the vocal register of the synth-guitar hook.

PRO TIPNick Valensi picks extremely close to the bridge with a stiff pick to maximize high-frequency harmonic content, which helps mimic the synth-like attack of the original track.

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