Scotty Doesn't Know amp settings — Fender Frontman
The Lustra guitar tone for “Scotty Doesn't Know”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Original soundtrack / studio recording, EuroTrip (2004)
Gibson Les Paul Standard into Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier and Marshall JCM800 half-stacks (Scott Riebling production / Chris Lord-Alge mix)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
The Frontman's small solid-state speaker quickly turns fizzy and undefined if you max its built-in drive button to chase high-gain pop-punk saturation. Running a recommended distortion pedal into the clean channel provides the tight, focused 2000s California punk crunch of the original Mesa/Marshall studio stack without speaker flub. Bass is kept at 5 and treble at 6 to balance the naturally bright Ibanez bridge humbucker against the Frontman's sharp top-end.
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