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All She Wrote (2024 Remaster) amp settings — Stranger C29M

The FireHouse guitar tone for “All She Wrote (2024 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Stranger C29M with a Ibanez S521. Studio version (1990 debut album, 2024 Remaster) - Main Distorted Rhythm Riff

Original rig

Bill Leverty custom superstrat / Kramer (Seymour Duncan JB bridge humbucker) -> ADA MP-1 preamp / Marshall JCM800 -> Marshall 4x12 cab

Polished, aggressive late-80s hair metal crunch with tight low-end and pronounced upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Stranger C29M

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Zoom 505 (Distortion/Drive Block)

Select 'METAL' or 'LEAD' drive type with gain around 24/30 (scaled to 8/10). Gain source.

Drive 24 · Tone 35

02Zoom 505 (Equalizer Block)

Mid-boost voicing around 2.5kHz to capture the ADA MP-1 preamp cut.

Tone 6

03Zoom 505 (Delay/Reverb Block)

Short slapback/hall ambience to mimic 80s studio production polish.

Level 3 · Time 2

Why these settings

The Stranger C29M is a compact practice amp without dedicated mid/presence controls or high-gain tube stages, so the Zoom 505 acts as the sole gain source. Keep the Stranger amp on a clean, neutral channel at low gain to avoid muddy double-distortion. The Ibanez S521 bridge humbucker matches Bill Leverty's hot humbucker voicing perfectly. Acoustic intro: engage a clean patch on the Zoom 505 with light chorus and pick near the neck.

PRO TIPDig in with a heavy pick angle near the bridge to accentuate the signature late-80s harmonic squeals and tight palm-muted low-end chugs.

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