Fly me to the moon amp settings — Cort Cm15R
The Frank Sinatra guitar tone for “Fly me to the moon”, dialed in for a Cort Cm15R with a Epiphone Slash Les Paul Standard. Studio version, It Might As Well Be Swing (1964) with Count Basie Orchestra
Freddie Green playing an unamplified Stromberg Master 400 archtop acoustic guitar with high action, recorded via studio room/overhead microphones
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 5 |
The original track is an unamplified acoustic archtop strictly miked in the room, so your solid-state amp must run on the Clean channel with low volume to avoid any preamp breakup. The Cort CM15R features a two-band EQ with no Mid or Presence controls, so rolling both Bass and Treble back to 4 avoids boomy humbucker low end and excessive solid-state top fizz. Rolling your Les Paul neck pickup tone down to 5 rounds off the attack to approximate the warm, dark acoustic 'chunk' of big-band rhythm guitar.
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