Happy Birthday Mom

2026

Video

Fender Telecaster

Pickup Position: Neck
Master Volume: ~5
Master Tone: ~6

Zoom G3Xn ON

106 Princeton

Joyo Tremolo OFF

Intensity: 50%
Rate: 50%

Fender Blues Jr. III

Volume: 4.5
Fat: OFF
Treble: 5.5
Bass: 4.5
Middle: 5.0
Master: 4.5
Reverb: 1.0

Blue Yeti

Gain: 9 o’clock
Mode: Cardioid mode, 4” from speaker, slightly off-axis

Dolby ON

OFF

Zoom G3Xn “Princeton” Patch

Guitar: Fender Stratocaster, pickup position 4
Zoom: G3Xn, Firmware 2.20, Patch cell 106, Patch name “Princeton” Goal: Warm, articulate Princeton Reverb-style clean tone with shimmer trem and spring reverb
Amp: Fender Blues Jr III (real amp, miked — no Zoom amp/cab sim used)

Signal Chain

Guitar → RackComp → RC Boost → Tremolo → FD Spring → Zoom output → Blues Jr input → mic

Block 1 — RackComp (DYNAMICS)

• THRSH: 25
• Ratio: 3
• ATTCK: 5
• VOL: 100 (unity/pass-through — not a boost like RC Boost’s Volume)

Block 2 — RC Boost (DRIVE)

• Gain: 15
• Bass: 50
• Treble: 55
• VOL: 65 (adjusted down from 100/max after A/B testing — 100 was a noticeable level jump, not a subtle push)

Block 3 — Tremolo (MODULATION)

• Wave: TUBE
• Depth: 35
• Rate: 30
• VOL: 100

Block 4 — FD Spring (REVERB) — sole reverb source (Option A)

• Active: ON
• Color: 1
• Lo: 55
• Hi: 45
• Mix: 30