Monster amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Skillet guitar tone for “Monster”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Awake (2009) — main drop-B rhythm riff
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern High Gain) / Peavey 6505, Gibson Les Paul, clean boost/noise gate
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 9 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
01High-Gain Distortion (e.g., Revv G3 or Boss MD-2)
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The Fender Blues Junior IV is a vintage-voiced tube amp that cannot physically produce modern 5150/Rectifier high-gain saturation on its own. For the best immediate sound with your rig, engage the FAT boost switch, crank the Volume (gain) to 9, and tame the single-coil bridge bite by rolling the guitar tone to 8 and keeping amp treble at 5. To truly capture this heavy drop-tuned chug, add a dedicated high-gain distortion pedal into the front of the amp with the amp set clean and gain at 2.
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