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Make a Little Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Midland

Midland · 2010s+ · country

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Original Recording

Guitar
Kirk Sand Custom Nylon String Acoustic/Electric
Pickups
Undisclosed piezo pickup (stock Kirk Sand configuration)
Amp
1962 Fender Bassman 6G6A (single 12" JBL tone ring speaker)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (piezo, acoustic-electric)

Gear confirmed as owned and used by Jess Carson of Midland, but no direct evidence ties this exact guitar/amp to the 'Make a Little' solo recording. No studio documentation found for the solo section. Settings and effects inferred from genre, era, and typical country studio practices. Studio recording, 2017.

Amp Settings

Mids
6
Bass
5
Gain
0
Reverb
4
Treble
7
Presence
6

Effects Chain

  • Compression pedal (model unknown) · compression
  • Delay pedal (model unknown, slapback style) · delay

Guitar → Compression pedal → Delay pedal (slapback) → Fender Bassman (spring reverb on)

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Tone Character

  • bright and twangy
  • clean and articulate
  • slightly compressed attack
  • touch-sensitive
  • warm midrange presence
  • smooth single-note lines
  • subtle reverb ambience
  • country lead clarity
  • studio-polished tone
  • no audible overdrive or fuzz

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