Telephones amp settings — Valeton Gp 150

The Vacations guitar tone for “Telephones”, dialed in for a Valeton Gp 150 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Forever in Bloom (2020)

Original rig

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus, single-coil guitar (Jazzmaster/Telecaster), built-in JC chorus, lush reverb, light delay

Glassy, shimmering clean with rich stereo chorus and spacious reverb — dreamy indie/shoegaze-pop

Amp settings — Valeton Gp 150

CHANNELJ-120 CL (Jazz Chorus clean model)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	1
Bass	5
Mid	4
Treble	6
Reverb	5
Master	6

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Chorus (GP-150 MOD block)

Essential to the tone — use a lush stereo chorus (JC-style or CE-2 type). This IS the Vacations shimmer.

Rate 4 · Depth 6 · Mix 7

02Reverb (GP-150 RVB block)

Hall or plate reverb — spacious but not washed out. Let it breathe.

Decay 6 · Mix 5 · Tone 6

03Delay (GP-150 DLY block)

Subtle slapback/short delay — adds depth without cluttering the clean attack

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3

Why these settings

The GP-150's J-120 CL model nails the Roland JC-120's glassy, solid-state clean. Your Strat's single-coils are perfect here — they're brighter than the Jazzmaster original, so I rolled treble down 1 notch (6 vs 7) to avoid ice-pick highs. Keep gain at 1 — this tone is about pristine headroom, not breakup.

PRO TIPPlay with your fingers or a light pick attack near the neck pickup for that pillowy, rounded note bloom. The JC sound breathes when you're gentle — dig in and it gets harsh. Also try the middle pickup position for a slightly quackier, Strokes-adjacent variation.

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