Treat you better amp settings — Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212
The Shawn mendez guitar tone for “Treat you better”, dialed in for a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 with a Thomson St1. Studio version, Illuminate (2016) — main palm-muted electric rhythm track
Fender Custom Shop Relic Telecaster into Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue, processed with SSL desk EQ, Avalon 2044 opto compression, Soundtoys EchoBoy tape delay, and TC System 6000 chamber reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 4 |
01Tank-G Compressor (Pre-FX / Dyn Block)
Provides gentle opto-style evening out and front-end punch without squashing dynamics
02Tank-G Delay Block (Analog/Tape Delay)
Set tempo to ~83 BPM (or tap tempo) on an eighth-note repeat with low-pass roll-off to sit behind the palm mutes
03Tank-G Reverb Block (Room/Chamber)
Subtle chamber ambience to add studio depth without washing out the staccato rhythm
The studio electric rhythm utilizes a Telecaster tracked clean into a Fender Blues Deluxe, so the Hot Rod DeVille clean channel is a near-identical analog match. Single-coil strat pickups can get overly sharp on the DeVille's high-headroom top end, so the amp's Treble is pulled back to 5 and Presence to 4 while keeping Bass and Mids around 6 for rounded, percussive warmth. The Tank-G handles the essential studio processing (compression, warm tape-style eighth delay, and chamber space) into the clean DeVille.
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