Therapy amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

The Volia guitar tone for “Therapy”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Fender Squire. Studio version, Single / Happy Never After (2021)

Original rig

Direct-injected high-gain amp modeler / modern high-gain tube emulation with bridge humbucker/single-coil pop-punk drive

Modern alt-pop/pop-punk high-gain crunch with tight low end and aggressive upper-mid cut

Amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

CHANNELChannel 2 - Voice: Metal 2000 (or British Hi-Gain)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Champion 50XL is a modeling amp without a physical mid or presence knob on the faceplate, so mid and presence are set to null. Selecting the 'Metal 2000' voice on Channel 2 delivers the tight, saturated modern pop-punk distortion heard on the track without needing external pedals. Treble is raised to 7 to give a Squier guitar extra bite and clarity through the mix.

PRO TIPUse firm, aggressive palm-muting right against the bridge saddles during the verses and dig in on the downstrokes in the chorus to match the modern production's punch.

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