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Pretty Vacant guitar tone

Sex Pistols · Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols · 1977 · Rock

Crunch

Main Riff

AmpFender Twin Reverb
GuitarGibson Les Paul
PickupBridge humbucker
GAIN6
BASS4.5
MID6
TREBLE6
PRESENCE5
REVERB2

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive
    Drive 3.5 · Tone 5 · Level 6.5
    Pushes the amp's own breakup harder.

Big open chords, let them ring — the amp does the work.

Lead

Solo Boost

AmpFender Twin Reverb
GuitarGibson Les Paul
PickupBridge humbucker
GAIN7
BASS4.5
MID6.5
TREBLE6
PRESENCE5
REVERB2

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer overdrive
    Drive 3.5 · Tone 5 · Level 6.5
    Pushes the amp's own breakup harder.
  2. MXR Carbon Copy delay
    Time 4 · Repeats 3 · Mix 3
    Kicks in for the solo — repeats tucked under the dry signal.

Lead variant: extra gain and mids to cut through, delay for width. Pick nearer the bridge and let bends sustain.

These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.

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