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Still Breathing amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Green Day guitar tone for “Still Breathing”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Revolution Radio (2016)

Original rig

Fender Deluxe Reverb / Marshall Plexi blend, Gibson Les Paul Junior with P-90 pickup, Fulltone OCD overdrive, MXR Dyna Comp

Shimmery clean verses with chiming major/sus chords, building to warm mid-forward crunch on choruses

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELFender '65 Deluxe (or '65 Twin) amp model

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Compressor (LT25 built-in)

Adds sustain and evens out the clean arpeggios — essential for the verse shimmer

Level 6 · Threshold 5

02Overdrive (LT25 'Green Box' / Tube Screamer model)

Engage for choruses only — light push, not full distortion

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 6

Why these settings

Your GRG170DX has humbuckers vs Billie Joe's P-90, so I've selected the neck pickup and rolled tone to 8 to soften the brightness gap. The LT25's Fender Deluxe model nails the clean platform; gain at 4 provides touch-sensitive breakup without getting muddy. Use the built-in overdrive for chorus sections rather than cranking amp gain.

PRO TIPPlay the verse chord voicings with your fingers (not a pick) to get that soft, shimmery attack heard on the record — Billie Joe uses hybrid picking on this track for the clean sections.

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