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Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Santana guitar tone for “Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Supernatural (1999)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Mark I (Santana mod), PRS Santana Signature (humbuckers), neck pickup, minimal pedals—tone is amp-driven sustain with light compression

Warm, singing lead with vocal-like sustain and smooth compression

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELBritish Invasion (closest to Mark I voicing on Mustang LT25)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Santana's Mesa Mark I has thick, vocal mid-forward saturation; the Mustang's British Invasion preset approximates this voicing. Your Strat's single-coil neck pickup is thinner than his PRS humbuckers, so mid is pushed to 7 and gain to 6 to compensate for lower output and add body. Tone knob rolled to 7 smooths the single-coil ice pick and gets closer to humbucker warmth.

PRO TIPSustain comes from left-hand vibrato and holding notes into feedback, not pedals—lean into the strings and let notes bloom by digging in with your pick attack, then backing off pressure slightly as the note sustains.

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