Two minutes of quiet-LOUD. Graham Coxon plays the verses small and tight, then the "woo-hoo" chorus explodes into a wall of fuzz. That makes it the perfect two-channel song: Classic Gain clean for the verses, Ultra Gain cranked for the choruses — stomp the channel switch on the first "woo". Standard tuning.
Front of amp: Cheeky Pint (off) → TS Mini (choruses) · FX loop: GE-7 (on) → Spark Mini (off). Verses: clean channel. Choruses: distorted channel + TS Mini.
Push the clean channel just to the edge so the verse chords have some bite — it should sound small and tense, not pretty. EQ is shared between the two channels on the DSL20H, so the tone knobs are the same here as on the other channel — only Gain and Volume change when you switch.
Gain near max is right for once: the chorus is meant to sound like it's falling apart. Volume lower than the clean channel because Lead 2 gets loud fast. Balance the two Volume knobs at rehearsal so the switch doesn't jump in level.
Unusually, drive is up: stacked on Lead 2 it gets you toward Coxon's fuzz-pedal splat. Stomp it together with the channel switch.
Off. The whole song is about the jump in dynamics — a compressor flattens it.
Not needed — there's no solo, and the chorus is already the loudest thing in the set.
Off — tight and dry.
Off. Keep the verses bone dry so the chorus lands harder.
Low end up and a small 400 Hz dip gives the chorus its big, slightly scooped chunk. Being in the loop it shapes both channels — the clean verses get a little extra body too.
Alex James' bass is a huge part of this song — bridge pickup blended in so the riff growls.
Push the Gain for some hair on the verse riff: on the record the bass is distorted and carries the verses. Pick, hard. (Mix stays at min — it's the line-in blend, not part of your tone.)
Standard tuning. One power-chord shape (root on the low E, two strings up on the D) moved around the neck, hammered in 8ths. Verses: muted and quiet, clean channel. Chorus: the same shapes wide open on the distorted channel.
Power-chord shape used throughout — move it to the frets the Songsterr tab shows D|--10-10-10-10--| A|---8--8--8--8--| E|---8--8--8--8--| The chorus moves the same shape to the 6th, 11th and 15th frets.Find guitar lessons on YouTube ↗
Opens in a new window — Songsterr blocks embedding in other sites (X-Frame-Options), so it can't be shown inline. Pick the Graham Coxon guitar track. Count the stops — the song is mostly about where it isn't playing.