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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 Harley Benton ST-20HH ACTIVE SBK. Studio version, Dr. Feelgood (1989) — main riff and rhythm tracks

Original rig

Kramer Baretta (Seymour Duncan JB) → Boss SD-1 → Soldano SLO-100 / José Arredondo-modded Marshall Super Lead into Marshall 4x12 cab

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

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNEL80S ROCK amp model

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01OVERDRIVE

Onboard stomp block used as a clean boost to tighten low end and add mid punch into the driven amp model

Level 8 · Gain 2 · Tone 6

02ARENA

Onboard REV block for Mick Mars' polished late-'80s arena room dimension

Level 3 · Decay 4 · Tone 5

Why these settings

The 80S ROCK model captures the modded Marshall and Soldano core of the Dr. Feelgood sessions. Because your active humbuckers are hotter and slightly more compressed than Mick's Seymour Duncan JB, gain is dialed at 7 with mids pushed to 7 on the internal encoder to replicate the iconic Bob Rock mix bite. An onboard OVERDRIVE block is engaged as a boost with low gain and high level to tighten the chug exactly like Mars' Boss SD-1 front end.

PRO TIPDig in with an aggressive downward pick attack close to the bridge saddles to get the sharp, percussive squeal and punch that drives the iconic intro slide and main progression.

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