Real AmpTuning: E StandardPickup: BridgeEmoCrunch
Vaudeville Panic Crunch — Stop-Start Rhythm
The song’s abrupt, theatrical rhythm changes are recreated with the documented Three Cheers-era Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 and a humbucker guitar. There is no credible song-specific settings sheet, so the moderate-gain, mid-forward values are approximated from the album rig rather than presented as exact studio controls. Source: Equipboard’s Three Cheers gear page and Pitchfork’s album retrospective.
Signal Chain
Les Paul-style guitar with bridge humbucker→Marshall JCM2000 TSL100→Marshall 1960 4x12→Tight Double Tracking→Output
GuitarLes Paul-style guitar with bridge humbucker
Tone
9
PickupBridge
TuningE Standard
Volume
10
AmpMarshall JCM2000 TSL100
Bass
4.5
Gain
6
Mids
7.5
Master
6
Treble
6.5
ChannelLead 1
Presence
5.5
Cab / IRMarshall 1960 4x12
MicSM57-style dynamic
Mic PositionOff-axis, cap-edge transition
EffectTight Double Tracking
PanWide
Layers2
Tightness10
Notes
Use hard stops and leave the silences clean. More gain will make the quick chord changes less dramatic, so keep the attack percussive.
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