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Sweet amp settings — Fender frontman 10G

The Cigarettes After Sex guitar tone for “Sweet”, dialed in for a Fender frontman 10G with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Cigarettes After Sex self-titled album (2017)

Original rig

Ampeg SVT bass amp, Neunaber Stereo Wet reverb (70-80% wet), clean single-coil guitar tone

Massive cathedral reverb, pristine clean with no breakup, warm and pillowy low-mids

Amp settings — Fender frontman 10G

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Treble	4
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Reverb pedal (hall or plate type)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone. TC Electronic Hall of Fame, Boss RV-6, or Behringer RV600 are budget options. Set mix extremely wet (70-80%). This tone is unreachable without heavy reverb.

Mix/Wet 8 · Decay/Time 9 · Tone 5

Why these settings

The Frontman 10G has no mid or reverb controls — this tone is fundamentally unreachable without an external reverb pedal. I've set gain low (3) to stay pristine clean since the original uses zero amp breakup, and rolled treble back (4) because the Frontman's small speaker is naturally harsh. Bass at 6 compensates for the 6" speaker's thin low-end vs the massive Ampeg SVT cabinet.

PRO TIPPlay with your fingers near the neck pickup for that soft, rounded attack — no pick. The original tone's intimacy comes from gentle fingerstyle dynamics, not just the reverb wash.

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