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The Smashing Pumpkins

1979 guitar tone settings.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition) · 1995 · Hard Rock

Explore 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins: an example rig, amp settings and playing tips. Adapt the reference to your own supported gear with Amper.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition) — The Smashing Pumpkins album artwork — Album artwork · The Smashing Pumpkins / Apple Music ↗

RECREATION

Clean electric texture practice

Lightly compressed, bright clean texture with gentle width.

In your hands

Use a relaxed, even attack and keep chord notes ringing; loops and layered production are outside this single-guitar profile.

Evidence and sources

Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or electric 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

FREE TO EXPLORE

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

Player II Stratocaster→CS-3 Compression Sustainer→Small Clone→Champion 40

guitar · Fender

Player II Stratocaster

Pickup selectorBridge + middleWhy 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

Tone 1 (neck/middle)8Why this setting?

Suggested tone 1 (neck/middle) position for this part. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

Tone 2 (bridge)8Why this setting?

Suggested tone 2 (bridge) position for this part. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

pedal · BOSS

CS-3 Compression Sustainer

Level5Why this setting?

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

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

Tone5Why 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

Attack5Why this setting?

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

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

Sustain3Why this setting?

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

Normalized 0-10 knob travel; not printed panel numbers

Pedal switchOnWhy this setting?

Use this compressor pedal for the selected part. Set its output to match the bypassed volume.

pedal · Electro-Harmonix

Small Clone

Rate2Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Frequency of pitch modulation.

DepthDownWhy this setting?

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

Two physical switch positions; not a continuous depth knob.

Effect footswitchOnWhy this setting?

Engage this selected pedal for this section; match the bypassed loudness.

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.

Treble6Why 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.
Small Clone provides two depth positions; it cannot reproduce every continuous depth or mix target independently.
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. Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or electric 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.