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Seven nation army amp settings — Vox Da20

The White stripes guitar tone for “Seven nation army”, dialed in for a Vox Da20 with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Studio version, Elephant (2003) — Main riff and distorted chorus

Original rig

Kay K6533 hollowbody (neck pickup) → DigiTech Whammy 4 (octave down) → EHX Big Muff Pi → Sears Silvertone 1485 6x10 tube combo

Lo-fi, raw, gritty tube saturation with deep sub-octave fundamental and garage-rock fuzz bite
Amp settings — Vox Da20
CHANNELCrunch 2 voice (or Drive 1)
GAIN 6 BASS 7 TREBLE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass7
Treble5
Reverb0
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The Vox DA20 is a portable modeling combo with simple Tone/Drive controls (no individual mid or presence knobs). Set the amp voice to Crunch 2 or Drive 1 with gain at 6 to simulate the cranked, gritty breakup of the Silvertone 1485 without muddying up. Rolling the Les Paul's neck pickup tone back to 7 smooths the humbucker attack to emulate the dark, hollow thump of Jack White's vintage Kay archtop. Distorted chorus: kick into the amp's higher-gain Drive voice with guitar volume fully open.

PRO TIPJack White gets the iconic bass line by running his guitar into a DigiTech Whammy set one octave down; mimic the heavy, rounded string attack without an octave pedal by picking firmly near the 12th fret using the flesh of your thumb or a heavy pick.

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