🎸 Jazz Blues · 1960s

Midnight Blue (Solo · Clean) — Guitar Tone

by Kenny Burrell · solo

The Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell guitar tone is built on a Fender, dialed in at gain 2/10, bass 6, mid 6, treble 5, presence 4 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

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Amp settings (0–10)

2
GAIN
6
BASS
6
MID
5
TREBLE
4
PRESENCE
2
REVERB

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

Original gear

Guitar: Gibson Super 400 / ES-175 · Amp: Fender (clean)

Pickups

neck humbucker

Tone character

Warm, bluesy, relaxed archtop jazz tone — round and soulful.

Note: Amp settings are an informed estimate from the artist's documented archtop-into-clean-amp style; adapt by ear.

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Settings are community-researched estimates, not official. GuitarToneAdapt adapts them to your gear. guitartoneadapt.com