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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
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain3.5
Reverb4.5
Treble6
Presence5
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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