Game's without frontiers amp settings — Fender Front man 10 g
The Peter Gabriel guitar tone for “Game's without frontiers”, dialed in for a Fender Front man 10 g with a PRS S2 Standard 24. Studio version, Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt, 1980)
David Rhodes playing Gibson Les Paul / Stratocaster direct and into clean Roland JC-120 / Fender combo with studio compression, analog chorus, and tight ambient delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 4 |
01MXR Dyna Comp
Squashes the attack for the characteristic 1980 new wave rhythmic snap
02Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
Provides the tight stereo/dimension shimmer heard on Rhodes' rhythmic stabs
03Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Set to a quick sixteenth-note slapback or tight doubling echo (~120ms)
04Boss RV-6 Reverb
Plate mode to emulate Townhouse studio spatial depth without washing out the staccato rhythm
The Frontman 10G has only Volume, Gain, O.D. Switch, Treble, and Bass (mid, presence, and reverb are physically absent). Keep the O.D. button disengaged and gain at 2 to preserve clean headroom, using the Dyna Comp up front to deliver the punchy, percussive transients of the studio track. Roll bass back to 4 to prevent the 6-inch speaker from flapping during palm mutes while keeping treble at 6 for articulation.
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