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Shape of My Heart amp settings — M - VAVE 9 built-in preamp models

The Backstreet Boys guitar tone for “Shape of My Heart”, dialed in for a M - VAVE 9 built-in preamp models with a donner dst - 80 classic look with a modern feel. Studio version, Black & Blue album (2000), recorded at Cheiron Studios, Stockholm

Original rig

Clean studio electric guitars, likely Fender Stratocaster or similar through pristine studio preamps with compression and studio reverb. Peter Svensson known for Fender amps and clean tones. Production emphasizes DI or mic'd clean amp tones with studio polish.

Crystalline clean pop guitar with warmth, subtle compression, light room ambience—sits beneath vocals without edge

Amp settings — M - VAVE 9 built-in preamp models

CHANNELClean/Fender-style model (select the cleanest, most Fender-like preset on the M-VAVE 9)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	5
Treble	6
Presence	4
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME8

Why these settings

Your Donner DST-80 has single coils which suit this tone well. The M-VAVE 9's clean Fender-style model gets you closest to the studio DI/clean amp sound. Gain at 2 ensures zero breakup; neck pickup with tone rolled to 6 removes pick attack harshness. Rolling guitar volume to 8 softens the output for that 'behind the vocal' placement heard on the record.

PRO TIPPlay with your pick angled and use the fleshy part of your fingertip near the neck joint for the verses—this eliminates pick attack entirely and gives that warm, almost acoustic-electric quality that defines this track's guitar presence.

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