🎚️ Blues settings

Best amp settings for blues

Starting-point EQ for blues tone, averaged from 12 famous blues recordings. Dial these in, then fine-tune by ear — or let the tool below adapt them to the exact amp and guitar you own.

Starting point: Gain 4 · Bass 6 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6.5 · Presence 5.5 (out of 10)
💡 Blues tone is mostly clean-to-edge-of-breakup with your fingers and volume knob doing the work. Set gain low and push the amp, not the pedal.
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Amps most used for blues

Fender Twin Reverb (1)

Famous blues tones

Parisienne Walkways — Gary Moore · Ball and Biscuit — The White Stripes · Mesías (Live) — Averly Morillo · Bound for Glory — Tedeschi Trucks Band · Going Down — Freddie King · The Well — Marcus King · Pride and Joy — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble · Slow Dancing in a Burning Room — John Mayer

Community-researched estimates. More: amp settings by amp · amp comparisons · 495 tones.