Stranglhold amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Ted guitar tone for “Stranglhold”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Ted Nugent debut album (1975)

Original rig

Gibson Byrdland (hollow-body with humbuckers) → Fender Twin Reverb and Marshall 100W heads, cranked for natural tube saturation, wah pedal for lead sections

Thick, sustained mid-range crunch with smooth high-end, aggressive but articulate, heavy sustain from cranked tube amps

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELSelect '70s British' amp model (closest to cranked Marshall character)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	0
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Nugent's Byrdland has warm, low-output humbuckers; your Telecaster's single coils are brighter and thinner. Compensate by using the neck pickup with tone rolled to 6, boosting mids to 7 for thickness, and cutting treble to 5 to avoid ice-pick highs. The '70s British model on the Mustang approximates the Marshall saturation character that defined the studio tone.

PRO TIPNugent's sustain came from sheer volume pushing the amp into feedback territory—on the LT25 at bedroom levels, let notes ring and use slow, deliberate vibrato to simulate that singing sustain; dig in hard with the pick on the main riff for that aggressive attack.

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