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The end of heartache amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Kilswitch engage guitar tone for “The end of heartache”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Schecter C6 plus. Studio version, The End of Heartache (2004)

Original rig

Framus Dragon + Peavey 5150 into Mesa 4x12 V30s, Caparison PLM-3 with EMG 85, Maxon OD808 overdrive

Tight, compressed modern metalcore with scooped mids, chunky palm mutes, and aggressive high-gain saturation
Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
CHANNELMetal 2000 preset (or closest high-gain model)BRIGHToff
GAIN 7 BASS 6 MID 4 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass6
Mid4
Treble6
Presence5
Reverb0
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Tube Screamer / OD808-style (via Fender Tone app)

CRITICAL — Use the overdrive effect in the Fender Tone app to simulate the Maxon OD808. This tightens the low end and adds pick definition. Without this, the tone will be muddy. If app unavailable, increase treble to 7 and reduce bass to 5.

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Noise Gate (via Fender Tone app)

Essential for tight metalcore chugs — cuts string noise between riffs

Threshold 5 · Decay 3
Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 lacks the raw power-amp thump of a 5150/Framus stack, so we lean hard on the Metal 2000 model with the app's OD to simulate the OD808 tightening trick Adam D uses. Your Schecter's passive humbuckers are warmer and lower output than his active EMGs, so gain stays at 7 (vs ~5 on real 5150) and treble is pushed to compensate. Mids scooped to 4 to match the recorded tone's characteristic metalcore V-curve.

PRO TIPPalm mute directly over the bridge saddles, not back toward the soundhole — this is how Adam D gets that tight 'chunk' without flub. Pick hard and let the noise gate do the cleanup between chugs. Drop C tuning (CGCFAD) with .012-.052 strings is mandatory for the correct tension and low-end response.

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