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Comfortable Liar amp settings — Laney Lg12

The Chevelle guitar tone for “Comfortable Liar”, dialed in for a Laney Lg12 with a Wotan Stratocaster. Studio version, Wonder What's Next (2002), recorded at The Warehouse with Garth Richardson

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS Custom 22 with humbuckers, minimal pedals - amp-driven tone with tight low-end and aggressive midrange

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

Amp settings — Laney Lg12

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	7
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 or similar distortion pedal

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The LG12's preamp cannot reach Rectifier saturation levels; a distortion pedal is essential. Set amp gain to 3-4 when using this pedal to avoid mud.

Tone 6 · Level 7 · Dist 6

Why these settings

The Laney LG12 is a 10W solid-state practice amp with limited gain headroom — it cannot replicate Mesa Rectifier saturation alone. The original tone's tight low-end and grinding mids require a distortion pedal in front with the amp running relatively clean. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower-output than Pete Loeffler's PRS humbuckers, so bass is pushed slightly and treble kept moderate to compensate for the thinner voicing.

PRO TIPChevelle tunes to Drop-C on this track — if you're in standard tuning, the riff will sound thinner. Try palm-muting closer to the bridge for that tight, percussive chug Pete gets, and dig in hard with the pick for attack definition.

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