Stranglehold amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Ted Nugent guitar tone for “Stranglehold”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Ted Nugent (1975) — main riff and solo
1964 Gibson Byrdland (PAF humbuckers) into four cranked Fender Twin Reverb blackpanel amps driving Fender Dual Showman 2x15 cabs with EV SRO speakers, no dirt pedals
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 9 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 7 |
01MYTH DRIVE
Onboard stomp block pushing the Twin model into authentic power-tube saturation without flubbing the low end
02SPRING 65
Onboard REV slot recreating the subtle built-in spring reverb of the original Twin Reverb head
Nugent pushed natural tube power amp distortion by running non-master volume Twins wide open, which the Mustang's digital preamp cannot fully reproduce on the TWIN CLEAN model alone without clipping awkwardly. Using the onboard MYTH DRIVE provides the transparent mid-push and front-end punch needed to mimic cranked EV speakers and power-stage overdrive. Treble is raised to 7 to replicate the Byrdland's sharp maple-body attack on your mahogany Les Paul Classic. Middle has no knob on the LT25: press the encoder to open the preset, press it again on the amp model, then select MIDDLE on the display and turn the encoder.
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