Shape of My Heart amp settings — Austin AU15G-S2
The Sting guitar tone for “Shape of My Heart”, dialed in for a Austin AU15G-S2 with a Yamaha Pacifica 012. Studio version, Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) - signature nylon fingerstyle acoustic riff
Dominic Miller nylon-string classical guitar (recorded via studio condenser mics, e.g. Neumann KM184, into studio console with Lexicon 480L Hall reverb)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Master | 5 |
The original is a mic'd nylon classical guitar with no magnetic pickups or guitar amplifier distortion. On your Austin AU15G-S2 practice amp, stay strictly on the clean channel with low gain to prevent solid-state clipping, rolling the treble down and bass slightly up to emulate acoustic body resonance. The Pacifica's neck single-coil with the tone knob rolled back removes electric snap to simulate round fingerpad attack on nylon strings. Clean verse/intro: tone remains identical throughout the entire track.
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