When You Were Mine amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Prince guitar tone for “When You Were Mine”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Dirty Mind (1980)
Hohner 'Madcat' HG-490 Telecaster-style guitar, likely direct-to-console or small clean amp with minimal coloration — the track has a bright, dry, jangly clean tone with no discernible amp breakup
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 0 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 6 |
Prince's Madcat was a single-coil Tele-style guitar going clean into the recording chain. Your Strat's single coils match well — I set treble high (7) to capture that jangly bite but kept gain low (3) for a pristine clean. The position 2 (bridge+middle) on your Strat gives you the snappy, quacky tone closest to his bridge Tele sound without being too thin.
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