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Girls, Girls, Girls amp settings — Pyleusa Pyle PGTAMPMINI50

The Mötley Crüe guitar tone for “Girls, Girls, Girls”, dialed in for a Pyleusa Pyle PGTAMPMINI50 with a BC Solid Body Stratocaster-style electric guitar Bc. Studio version, Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 / modified heads paired with a hot-rodded Kramer/Fender Super Strat with bridge humbucker

Punchy, mid-focused 80s glam hard rock crunch with tight low-end and bite

Amp settings — Pyleusa Pyle PGTAMPMINI50

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Treble	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run direct into amp input)

Tone 4 · Level 6 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Pyle PGTAMPMINI50 is a micro solid-state practice amp with only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no Mid, Presence, or Reverb knobs), and its internal speaker cannot deliver Mick Mars' thick JCM800 saturation without severe fizziness. To prevent double-gain mud while capturing high-gain '80s hard rock, the amp is kept clean at Gain 2 and an external distortion pedal like a Boss DS-1 is recommended as the primary gain stage. With single coils on a Strat-style guitar, roll tone to 9 and keep pedal Tone modest to avoid harsh highs.

PRO TIPMick Mars tunes down a full step to D Standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) for this track; match the tuning and rely heavily on tight, aggressive palm muting near the bridge to get that signature heavy chug.

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