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Seven Nation Army amp settings — Blackstar Debut 15E

The The White Stripes guitar tone for “Seven Nation Army”, dialed in for a Blackstar Debut 15E with a Aria Pro 2 viper series Japan. Studio version, Elephant (2003) — iconic octave-down 'bass' riff

Original rig

Kay K6533 hollowbody (neck pickup), Silvertone 1485 amp (Ch2, Vol 6, Bass 5, Treble 7), DigiTech Whammy (1-octave down), EHX Big Muff Pi for solo sections

Lo-fi gritty crunch with octave-down thickness on main riff, raw tube-like saturation

Amp settings — Blackstar Debut 15E

CHANNELOverdrive

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	6
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01DigiTech Whammy or EHX POG-style octave pedal

RECOMMENDED — not owned. Set to 1-octave DOWN. This pedal is essential — it creates the 'bass' sound. Without it, play the riff an octave lower on the low E string as a workaround.

Mode 0 · Mix/Blend 10

Why these settings

The Blackstar Debut 15E is a small solid-state practice amp with only Gain, Bass, Treble, and ISF controls — no mid or presence knobs exist on this model. ISF set toward British (clockwise, around 7-8) to match the Silvertone's raw British-adjacent grit. Gain at 5 mimics the cranked Silvertone's natural breakup without fizzing out the small speaker. The original used a hollowbody with low-output single-coil; your Aria's humbuckers are hotter, so gain stays conservative.

PRO TIPThe riff is in Open A tuning (E A E A C# E), not standard — if you don't want to retune, play it on the A string starting at fret 7, sliding down, but the octave pedal is non-negotiable for the recorded sound.

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