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Bohemian rapsody amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Queen guitar tone for “Bohemian rapsody”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version, A Night at the Opera (1975) — main guitar solo and rock section

Original rig

Red Special (Burns Tri-Sonic pickups in series, out-of-phase configurations) + Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster + cranked Vox AC30 Normal Channel

Rich, singing vocal-like lead with aggressive upper-mid saturation and smooth harmonic compression
Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
CHANNELBritish 80s or 70s Rock amp voice + onboard Overdrive/Treble Boost Stomp blockBOOSTon
GAIN 7 BASS 5 TREBLE 7 REVERB 2 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Treble7
Reverb2
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Onboard Overdrive Block (Mustang Stomp)

Set as a treble/upper-mid boost to emulate a Dallas Rangemaster into the front of the amp model

Drive 4 · Tone 8 · Level 8
Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 lacks physical mid and presence knobs on its top panel, so shape the upper-mid bite using the treble control and the onboard overdrive block. Using your Harley Benton humbuckers on the neck position with the tone knob rolled down slightly to ~7 rounds off harsh transient peaks to mimic Brian May's singing, vocal out-of-phase pickup response. For the heavy rock section riff, switch to the bridge pickup at full volume.

PRO TIPBrian May famously used a British sixpence coin as a pick; use a thick, rigid coin or a very heavy textured pick held at an angle to replicate that unique metallic harmonic scrape on string attack.

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