Stevie Wonder Amp Settings & Guitar Tone

Superstition (1972)

Hohner Clavinet (Hohner clavinet is explicitly described as the defining instrument; commonly identified as Clavinet D6) → Electric Lady Studios routing; clavinet processed with guitar effects boxes (wah, Mu-Tron phaser, distortion)

A sharp, percussive, mid-forward keyboard tone that behaves like a rhythmic guitar: very fast attack, short decay, and a ‘quacky’ funk bite when processed through wah and modulation. The signature is the clavinet’s mechanical transient coupled with stompbox-style processing, creating a gritty, animated groove texture.