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Ffwas amp settings — Fender 7 dsp Mustang v.2

The Peeling flesh guitar tone for “Ffwas”, dialed in for a Fender 7 dsp Mustang v.2 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, 3 Year Peeling Spree (2024, Unique Leader Records)

Original rig

Unverified — brutal death metal/slam standard: likely high-gain amp (Mesa Rectifier, Peavey 5150, or modeled equivalent), extended-range guitars with active humbuckers, tight cab sim with noise gate

Crushing scooped modern metal rhythm with tight palm-muted low-end, fizzy highs, and aggressive attack
Amp settings — Fender 7 dsp Mustang v.2
CHANNELMetal 2000 (highest gain model on Mustang V2)
GAIN 9 BASS 6 MID 3 TREBLE 7 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 0 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain9
Bass6
Mid3
Treble7
Presence6
Reverb0
Master7
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Noise Gate (Mustang built-in effect)

Essential for brutal death metal — eliminates hum between chugs; access via preset editing

Threshold 7

02Tube Screamer (RECOMMENDED — not currently owned)

RECOMMENDED — run as clean boost before amp to tighten low-end and add midrange cut; this is standard for modern brutal death metal tracking

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8
Why these settings

Your single-coil Strat into a Mustang V2 is fundamentally mismatched for brutal death metal — the original tone uses high-output humbuckers (likely active) into a tight high-gain head. I've maxed the Mustang's Metal 2000 model for gain saturation, scooped mids to 3 for that modern slam character, and boosted treble/presence to compensate for the Strat's thinner output. The 8" speaker will struggle with the sub-bass frequencies this genre demands. A TS-style pedal as a clean boost would dramatically tighten the flub.

PRO TIPPalm mute extremely close to the bridge — within 1 inch — and use heavy attack with the pick angled sharply downward; this genre lives and dies on percussive right-hand precision, and your Strat's bridge pickup will need that extra compression from aggressive technique to approximate the wall-of-sound chug.

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