Escape (The Pina Colada Song) amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Rupert Holmes guitar tone for “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a epiphone les paul tribute. Studio version, Partners in Crime (1979) — iconic clean rhythm groove
Dean Bailin studio rig: Fender Stratocaster / studio electric, Roland JC-120 / Fender Twin Reverb, MXR Phase 90 / subtle phaser, studio compression
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01Onboard Phaser Block
Set to a slow, subtle sweep for the signature verse groove
02Onboard Compressor Block
Even out the clean rhythm pick attack
The Fender Mustang LT25 lacks physical mid and presence knobs on its top panel, so both are set to null. Because your Les Paul Tribute has warmer humbuckers than Dean Bailin's bright single-coil studio tone, the amp's treble is boosted to 7 and bass trimmed to 4 with the guitar in the middle pickup position to emulate that snappy, open rhythm sound. For the distorted interlude sections: switch to the bridge pickup and engage an onboard OD/Dist block or roll amp gain up.
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