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Kickstart My Heart amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Mötley Crüe guitar tone for “Kickstart My Heart”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a ESP LTD EC-256. Studio version, Dr. Feelgood (1989) — main rhythm/intro riff

Original rig

Kramer Baretta (Seymour Duncan JB) → Boss SD-1 → Soldano SLO-100 & José-modded 1973 Marshall Super Lead into Marshall 4x12 cabs

Thick saturated high-gain, punchy mids, tight low-end, arena-ready driving tone with controlled aggression

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 (Soldano/high-gain voice)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Overdrive / Stomp (SD-1 emulation)

Engage onboard boost/OD block in front of the amp model to tighten low end and add saturation

Level 8 · Drive 2 · Tone 6

Why these settings

The Fender Mustang LT25 relies on the 'Metal 2000' amp model to capture the Soldano SLO-100 high-gain roar without external pedals. The LT25 faceplate has no physical Mid or Presence knobs (both nulled), so push Treble to 7 for bite and keep Bass at 6 to mimic the thick 4x12 cab low-end. The ESP LTD EC-256 bridge humbucker pushes the preamp nicely, matching the hot output of Mick Mars's Duncan JB pickup.

PRO TIPMick Mars tracks the iconic mechanical engine-rev intro using a Floyd Rose tremolo dive-bomb while sliding up the low E string, combined with heavy pick scraping across the wound strings.

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