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The Rolling Stones

Paint It Black (Mono) guitar tone settings.

Aftermath · 1966 · Rock

Explore Paint It Black (Mono) by The Rolling Stones: an example rig, amp settings and playing tips. Adapt the reference to your own supported gear with Amper.

Aftermath — The Rolling Stones album artwork
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RECREATION

Guitar accompaniment

Bright, dry accompaniment with a clear attack.

In your hands

This supports the guitar arrangement; it does not turn an electric into a sitar.

Evidence and sources

Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or arrangement. Gain, EQ, pickup and effect choices are authored starting points, not documented artist settings or a verified recording rig. No track-specific recording evidence is claimed for this profile. Listening validation on physical gear is pending.

Reference tone

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An authored example rig, not your matched settings or a documented artist preset.

Player II Telecaster→Champion 40

guitar · Fender

Player II Telecaster

Pickup selectorBridge single-coilWhy this setting?

Suggested pickup position for this part; a tonal choice, not a claim about the original session.

Volume10Why this setting?

Suggested volume position for this part. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

Tone8Why this setting?

Suggested tone position for this part. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

amp · Fender

Champion 40

CH SelectChannel 1Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Volume 12Why this setting?

Start with output at minimum, then raise toward this low starting position to suit your room; knob position is not loudness.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Clean channel output.

Treble7Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Treble EQ.

Bass4Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bass EQ.

FX Level0Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Selected effect amount.

FX SelectOffWhy this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Choose the indicated voice and effect labels on the panel. FX Level controls the combined effect mix; this plan chooses one available effect or documented combination.

Know the limits

  • Editorial recreation; these settings have not been listening-tested on your setup.
  • Champion 40 lacks separate middle controls; the target EQ cannot be matched independently.
  • Pickup output, speakers, room, and studio layering remain differences; the numeric mapping is not an acoustic calibration.
  • Champion effect timing and mix are approximate starting points; its single FX selector cannot provide every requested effect simultaneously.

These are Amper recreation settings, not the artist’s exact knob positions. The example rig translates this named part’s stored gain, EQ, pickup and effect targets into verified hardware controls. Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or arrangement. Gain, EQ, pickup and effect choices are authored starting points, not documented artist settings or a verified recording rig. No track-specific recording evidence is claimed for this profile. Listening validation on physical gear is pending.