Highway to hell amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Acdc guitar tone for “Highway to hell”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Highway to Hell (1979) — Angus Young opening riff & rhythm

Original rig

Gibson SG Standard (bridge humbucker) straight into cranked Marshall 50W/100W Super Lead / JMP heads (no pedals)

Dry, punchy classic British midrange crunch with tight low end and raw pick attack

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELPreset: '70s Rock' or Amp Model: '70s Hard Rock' (Marshall Plexi/JMP voice)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 has no presence control and uses digital modeling, so select the '70s Hard Rock Marshall voice to replicate Angus's non-master Super Lead breakup. Because you are playing single-coil pickups instead of Angus's bridge PAF humbucker, the guitar tone knob is pulled down to 8 and amp treble is kept moderate to eliminate harsh single-coil icepick while bumping mids for punch. Reverb is set to zero to match the completely dry, in-your-face Mutt Lange production.

PRO TIPHit open chord shapes hard near the bridge and deliberately mute the high E string on your G and D/F# chords to mimic the fat, percussive Young brothers rhythm attack.

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