🎚️ Amp settings

Hiwatt settings

Real starting points for a Hiwatt, averaged from 17 famous recordings made on one. Use the all-rounder dials below, then jump into any specific tone — ToneAdapt re-dials it for the exact guitar, pickups and amp you actually own.

All-rounder starting point
Gain
3.5
Bass
6.5
Mid
7
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
Reverb
3
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Starting points by genre

Rock · 16 tones
Gain
4
Bass
6.5
Mid
7
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
Reverb
3

17 famous tones on a Hiwatt

The Emptiness Machine (Instrumental)LINKIN PARK · rockgain 7 · treb 7
bass 6 · mid 6Comfortably Numb (Live at Pompeii 2016)David Gilmour · rockgain 6 · treb 7
bass 6.5 · mid 7.5TimePink Floyd · rockgain 5.5 · treb 7
bass 6.5 · mid 7Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2Pink Floyd · rockgain 5.5 · treb 7
bass 6.5 · mid 7DogsPink Floyd · rockgain 5.5 · treb 6.5
bass 6.5 · mid 7Comfortably NumbPink Floyd · rockgain 5 · treb 7
bass 6.5 · mid 7.5High HopesPink Floyd · rockgain 5 · treb 6.5
bass 6.5 · mid 7EchoesPink Floyd · rockgain 4.5 · treb 6.5
bass 6.5 · mid 7Hey YouPink Floyd · rockgain 4.5 · treb 6.5
bass 6 · mid 7Atom Heart MotherPink Floyd · rockgain 4.5 · treb 7
bass 6.5 · mid 7Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5Pink Floyd · rockgain 3.5 · treb 6.5
bass 7 · mid 7Breathe (In the Air)Pink Floyd · rockgain 3 · treb 6.5
bass 7 · mid 7KashmirLed Zeppelin · rockgain 3 · treb 4.5
bass 6 · mid 7Wish You Were HerePink Floyd · rockgain 0 · treb 7
bass 6 · mid 8Comfortably NumbPink Floyd · rockgain 0 · treb 5
bass 6 · mid 5MoneyPink Floyd · progressive rock / blues rock / hard rockgain 0 · treb 5
bass 6 · mid 5Hey YouPink Floyd · rockgain 0 · treb 6.5
bass 6 · mid 7
Settings are community-researched estimates averaged across recordings, adapted to your gear by ToneAdapt. Browse by gear · All 495 tones