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Little Wing Guitar Tone Settings — The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1960s · rock

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
1963/1965 Fender Stratocaster
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (original vintage spec)
Amp
Fender Vibroverb (Blackface, 2x10), possibly Fender Twin Reverb (Blackface)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup

Studio recording, 1967, Axis: Bold As Love sessions. No evidence of fuzz or wah on the riff section. Most sources and isolated tracks confirm a clean Strat into Fender amp with light spring reverb. No pedal effects confirmed for the riff section.

Amp Settings

Mids
7
Bass
6.5
Gain
3.5
Reverb
4.5
Treble
6
Presence
5

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Tone Character

  • warm and glassy
  • clean and articulate
  • dynamic and touch-sensitive
  • slightly compressed
  • bell-like clarity
  • spring reverb ambience
  • soft attack
  • expressive chord voicings
  • smooth, rounded highs
  • rich midrange

Sources