Time Was amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Wishbone Ash guitar tone for “Time Was”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Tube screamer Tube screamer. Studio album cut, Argus (1972) — main rock section & dual lead crunch

Original rig

1967 Gibson Flying V (Andy Powell) / Fender Stratocaster (Ted Turner) into cranked Marshall Plexi / Orange amplifiers

Classic British early-70s dynamic overdrive with prominent, singing mid-range and clear upper bite

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELBritish (70s Marshall voice, Voice 7/8)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Used as a clean mid-boost into the British voice to replicate Andy Powell's singing lead sustain

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Boss RV-6 Reverb

Plate/Room setting mimicking De Lane Lea studio ambiance

E.Level 3 · Tone 5 · Time 3 · Mode 2

Why these settings

The Champion 40 lacks a dedicated mid knob, so select the British 70s voice which has the necessary upper-mid Marshall bark baked into its profile. Running the owned TS9 with Drive low and Level high pushes the amp's front end, adding the mid-frequency punch and sustain of Powell's cranked stacks. Presence is physically absent on this amp faceplate and is correctly left null. (Acoustic/volume-swell intro: switch guitar volume down to 6 and roll tone back).

PRO TIPFor the soaring dual-lead harmony runs, pick hard near the bridge with the bridge humbucker engaged, then roll your guitar tone control back to 7-8 if you need to capture Ted Turner's warmer Strat neck-pickup counterpoint.

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