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Blue Album Melancholy Crunch — Clean Verse & P-90 Chorus
This recreation uses the debut’s confirmed borrowed Fender/Gibson guitars and vintage Mesa/Boogie Mark I, with no drive pedal. The song-specific guitar assignments and controls are undocumented, so the cleaner verse and P-90 chorus are approximated from the album’s established loud-quiet palette. Source: Guitar.com’s Blue Album gear guide (2023).
Signal Chain
Fender Jaguar borrowed from Ric Ocasek→Vintage Mesa/Boogie Mark I — clean setting→Marshall 4x12→Short Plate Reverb→Output
GuitarFender Jaguar borrowed from Ric Ocasek
Tone
7.5
PickupNeck
TuningEb Standard
Volume
8
AmpVintage Mesa/Boogie Mark I — clean setting
Bass
5.5
Gain
3
Mids
6
Master
6.5
Treble
5.8
Presence
4.5
Cab / IRMarshall 4x12
MicCondenser + dynamic blend
Mic PositionSlightly off-axis
EffectShort Plate Reverb
Mix
2.2
Decay3
Notes
Keep the verse soft and slightly dark. Let the chorus open through doubled guitars and stronger attack rather than a radically different EQ.
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