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What Do You Think About the Car? album cover - Declan McKenna
Album · 3 tones

What Do You Think About the Car? Guitar Tone - Amp Settings for Every Track

Declan McKenna·2017·Guitar tone settings
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The What Do You Think About the Car? amp settings window

Median knob positions across the 3 guitar tracks we've broken down from this record, on the amps they were tracked with. A starting point for the album's sound; pick a track below for its exact recipe.

Gain
4
4–4 · n=3
Bass
5
5–5 · n=3
Mid
6
6–6 · n=3
Treble
6.5
6.5–6.5 · n=3
Presence
6
6–6 · n=3
Volume
5
5–5 · n=3
The rig behind the record

The Gear Behind What Do You Think About the Car?

Tracklist

Every What Do You Think About the Car? Tone You Can Dial In

  1. BrazilFender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue · 2015
  2. Why Do You Feel So Down
  3. Isombard

3 of this record's tracks are broken down so far. Most popular first.

FAQ

Common Questions About the What Do You Think About the Car? Tone

  1. What amp was What Do You Think About the Car? recorded with?

    Every one of the What Do You Think About the Car? tracks in our catalog was tracked on a Fender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue. ToneMirror rewrites those settings for whatever amp you own - a different EQ curve and gain structure landing on the same recorded sound.

  2. What guitar was used on What Do You Think About the Car??

    The Telecaster (modern equivalent: Fender Player Telecaster) appears on the most What Do You Think About the Car? tracks in our catalog. You don't need one - the settings are calibrated to the recorded tone, so they translate to the guitar you already have.

  3. What amp settings do I need for the What Do You Think About the Car? sound?

    Across the 3 guitar tracks from What Do You Think About the Car? we've catalogued, the median is gain 4 (range 4–4), with bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5 on a 0–10 scale. That's the record's window rather than any one song's recipe - pick a track above for the exact knob positions it was recorded with.

  4. What pedals are on What Do You Think About the Car??

    The Boss BD-2 Blues Driver shows up on the most tracks here, alongside the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter. Every track breakdown lists that song's full signal chain in order, and the match engine substitutes what you own for what you don't.

  5. How many What Do You Think About the Car? songs can I dial in here?

    ToneMirror has 3 tracks from What Do You Think About the Car? broken down, including "Brazil" and "Why Do You Feel So Down". Each carries the original amp settings, pickup position, tuning, and pedal chain, plus a per-rig adaptation for your own gear.

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