hi, sorry to say that but imo it's not very close. Too much distortion. I think the original sound has much more natural distortion then to what you put in line. It's on the edge, or right just behind the border of distorted sound. Just when strummed light it's got no distortion at all. Just this fenderish twang. Of course, it differs throughout the song and (especially on live recordings) it goes well behind this border but it (imo) doesn't change much in what I'm telling. I haven't nailed the sound myself but Jazz Clean with presence at 100% and some compression do the thing just well. We can't miss the differences in our guitars. I used 'not so bluesy' 7 stringer with active humbuckers but it seems to work well with Jazz Clean. It might be a whole different story if used with vintage singles. Hope it helps! Cheers!