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Comfortable Liar amp settings — Fender Frontman g10

The Chevelle guitar tone for “Comfortable Liar”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman g10 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Wonder What's Next (2002) - main heavy drop-tuned riff

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern High Gain channel), PRS Custom 22 with humbuckers, straight into amp with no distortion pedals

Thick, aggressive drop-tuned alt-metal crunch with scooped low-mids, tight palm-muted low-end, and grinding upper-midrange bite

Amp settings — Fender Frontman g10

CHANNELOverdrive switch ON

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Treble	5
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01ProCo Rat 2 or Boss DS-1

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the thick saturation and tight low-end of a Dual Rectifier that a small practice amp cannot achieve on its own

Distortion 7 · Filter/Tone 5 · Volume 6

Why these settings

The Frontman 10G features only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no mid, presence, or reverb controls physically exist on this faceplate). To compensate for your Stratocaster's bright single coils compared to Pete Loeffler's thick humbuckers, keep Treble at 5 and pull your guitar tone knob down to 8 to avoid harshness while keeping Bass at 6 so the 6-inch speaker does not flub on palm mutes. The amp's built-in Overdrive channel supplies the necessary distortion today, though adding a high-gain distortion pedal will dramatically tighten the low-end definition.

PRO TIPTune your low E string down to Drop D (or match the song's actual Drop B tuning with heavier gauge strings) and use aggressive downpicking close to the bridge saddles to get that signature tight, percussive Chevelle chug.

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