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Cheer down amp settings — Spider IV 75 Line 6

The George harrison guitar tone for “Cheer down”, dialed in for a Spider IV 75 Line 6 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack (1989)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster with slide, Fender amp (likely Twin Reverb or similar clean platform), light overdrive for the driven sections, recorded at FPSHOT with Jeff Lynne's polished production

Warm, singing slide tone with vocal-like sustain—clean foundation with light breakup on lead sections, mid-focused with rounded highs

Amp settings — Spider IV 75 Line 6

CHANNELClean (Fender Twin model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer or light overdrive (use Spider IV built-in 'Tube Drive' effect)

Engage for the overdriven slide solo sections; bypass for cleaner rhythm parts. Access via Spider IV effects section.

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Spider IV's Fender Twin model is the correct starting point for Harrison's clean slide foundation. Mid pushed to 6 compensates for the Spider's tendency toward scooped digital voicing. Tone knob rolled to 6 on the Strat tames the American Pro II's V-Mod pickups which are brighter than Harrison's vintage-wound Strat—this softens the highs for that vocal, singing slide quality.

PRO TIPHarrison used a glass slide and played with the slide directly over the fret wire, not between frets—this gives precise intonation and that fluid, voice-like sustain. Keep your fretting hand fingers lightly dampening strings behind the slide to eliminate sympathetic rattle.

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