Still alive amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Demi Lovato guitar tone for “Still alive”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, Scream VI soundtrack / Holy Fvck era (2023)
Gibson Les Paul / PRS into high-gain modern tube amps (EVH 5150 III / Peavey 6505 / Marshall JCM800 blend) with tight gating and TS-style front boost
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 5 |
01BLUES DRIVE
Onboard STOMP block used as a clean boost to tighten low end and add attack
02SMALL ROOM
Onboard REV block for tight studio room ambience
The studio rhythm tone relies on high-gain modern 5150 saturation with a tight front-end overdrive boost. The Mustang LT25's METAL 2000 model captures this aggressive EVH voicing directly, while the onboard BLUES DRIVE set with low drive and high level tightens the bass before hitting the preamp. Your Epiphone Les Paul humbuckers deliver the correct output and thickness; keeping the amp's bass at 5 prevents the small 8-inch combo speaker from getting muddy under heavy palm-muting. Clean intro/verse: roll the guitar volume down to 3 or switch to the neck pickup with volume at 4. Middle has no knob on the LT25: press the encoder to open the preset, press it again on the amp model, then select MIDDLE on the display and turn the encoder.
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