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No More Tears amp settings — Fender Frontman 20G

The Ozzy Osbourne guitar tone for “No More Tears”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 20G with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, No More Tears album (1991) — iconic main riff and drop-D verse groove

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom with EMG 81 active humbuckers, Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, Boss CH-1 Super Chorus, Marshall JCM800 2203 (6550 power tubes) into Marshall 4x12 with Celestion G12M-70s

Aggressive saturated crunch with tight low-end, scooped-ish mids, signature pinch harmonics, subtle chorus thickening throughout

Amp settings — Fender Frontman 20G

CHANNELDrive Select switch engaged (Drive channel)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	4
Treble	6
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive (Boss SD-1 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low end and drives pinch harmonics

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 9

02Chorus (Boss CH-1 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; provides signature subtle stereo doubling thickness

E.Level 4 · EQ 5 · Rate 3 · Depth 5

Why these settings

The Frontman 20G relies on its onboard Drive channel set to 7 to deliver modern saturation since you lack an external dirt pedal, though its 8-inch speaker will sound smaller and fizzier than Zakk's 4x12 Marshall cab. To compensate for your Stratocaster's brighter single-coil bridge pickup versus Zakk's high-output active EMG humbucker, roll the guitar tone knob back to 8 and keep the amp treble at 6 to prevent ice-pick top end. Adding an SD-1 in the future will tighten the low-end flub and make pinch harmonics leap out instantly.

PRO TIPDig in hard right over the bridge pickup edge using the side of your thumb grazing the string immediately after the pick stroke to pop Zakk's signature squealing pinch harmonics on single coils.

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