Future days amp settings — Fenders Mustang lt25

The Pearl jam guitar tone for “Future days”, dialed in for a Fenders Mustang lt25 with a Ibanez Rga42ex. Studio version, Lightning Bolt (2013) — McCready's clean electric parts

Original rig

Mike McCready typically uses Fender Stratocasters into Fender Twin Reverb or '65 Deluxe Reverb for clean tones, minimal effects on this ballad

Warm, glassy clean with subtle room ambience — supportive, not forward

Amp settings — Fenders Mustang lt25

CHANNEL'65 Twin Reverb model (Preset: Fender Clean or similar '65 Twin emulation)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	4
Presence	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME8

Why these settings

Your RGA42EX has high-output humbuckers versus McCready's Strat single coils, so gain is dropped to 2 and treble reduced to 4 to prevent harshness. Neck pickup with tone rolled to 6 softens the humbucker's edge to approximate Strat neck warmth. The LT25's '65 Twin model is the correct match for this Fender-clean-platform tone.

PRO TIPPick closer to the neck joint with the fleshy part of your fingertip or a thin pick held loosely—this song's clean tone lives in soft attack dynamics, not bright articulation.

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