I want to know amp settings — Boss GT-1
The Two door cinema club guitar tone for “I want to know”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, Tourist History (2010) — recorded at Eastcote Studios London, mixed by Philippe Zdar in Paris
Fender Jazzmaster/Jaguar-style guitars through Fender-style clean amps with light compression, chorus, and delay — the band favors bright, chimey clean tones with rhythmic precision
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
01Compressor (GT-1 internal — CS:COMP or D-COMP)
Essential for the tight, controlled pick attack on syncopated riffs — keeps dynamics even
02Chorus (GT-1 internal — CE-1 or CHORUS)
Subtle shimmer — not a thick 80s chorus, just enough to widen the stereo image and add sparkle
03Digital Delay (GT-1 internal — DD type, DIGITAL or MOD setting)
Set delay time to ~320-350ms (dotted eighth feel at 130 BPM) — rhythmic delay is key to the layered guitar sound
Your Squier Tele bridge single-coil is brighter and twangier than the Jazzmaster-style guitars TDCC uses, so I pulled treble back slightly from a pure Fender-into-Fender setting and boosted mids +1 to add body. The JC-120 model on the GT-1 is the right call — it has that glassy, ultra-clean headroom with subtle built-in chorus width that defines this era of indie. No dirt anywhere; this tone is 100% clean with effects doing the work.
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