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Black Magic Woman (2018 Master) Guitar Tone Settings
Fleetwood Mac · 1960s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard 'Burst' (1959, 'Greeny')
Pickups
Original PAF humbuckers, out-of-phase wiring (neck and bridge)
Amp
Marshall JTM45 (original, late 1960s, likely 4x12 cab)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (out-of-phase with bridge, selector in middle position)
Studio recording, 1968; Peter Green's 'Greeny' Les Paul with out-of-phase pickups was used for the riff section. No evidence of pedals; amp reverb may have been added in the studio mix, but not via pedal or amp effect. Settings are for the clean, riff section as heard on the original Fleetwood Mac recording, not the Santana cover.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass7
Gain2.5
Reverb4
Treble6
Presence5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- airy and delicate
- touch-sensitive
- clear and dynamic
- slightly hollow out-of-phase sound
- subtle spring reverb
- clean with slight edge-of-breakup
- rounded highs
- full-bodied mids
- responsive to picking dynamics