Alternative Rock1988Surfer Rosa

Where Is My Mind? Amp Settings

by Pixies

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Original Recording Settings

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Original Gear

Guitar: Fender Telecaster
Pickups: Stock Fender single coils (bridge)
Amplifier: Peavey Special (solid-state combo)
Channel: Distortion channel (moderate gain)
Tuning: standard
Pickup Selector: bridge
Strings: Unknown

Joey Santiago in Vintage Guitar: 'A Peavey Special. It was cheap and had this awesome distortion I thought was great — super gainy even with the Volume turned really low.' Steve Albini mic'd closely at Q Division Studios, Dec 1987.

Amp Settings

Gain

5.0

Bass

4.0

Mid

6.0

Treble

6.0

Presence

7.0

Volume

5.0

Estimated. Santiago: 'super gainy even with Volume turned really low' — moderate gain (5) sufficient. LP humbuckers through solid-state = naturally mid-heavy. Albini recordings feature tight controlled low end. No documented EQ settings exist.

Effects Chain

→

Boss CE-2

chorus

→

TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2

reverb

→

1.Boss CE-2 — Subtle analog chorus

2.TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 — Plate reverb

Playing Technique

Light pick attack with fingerpicking elements; minimal palm muting