My Favourite Game amp settings — fender frontman 10G
The The Cardigans guitar tone for “My Favourite Game”, dialed in for a fender frontman 10G with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Gran Turismo (1998) - Main Intro/Chorus Hook Riff
Custom guitar with humbuckers recorded direct/dry into studio analogue compressors and EQ driven hard into distortion with a bandpass filter around 1kHz; layered with Line 6 Amp Farm (Vox AC30 and Fuzz/Sci-Fi plug-in)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 3 |
01Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi or ProCo Rat
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the abrasive studio fuzz texture
The studio hook was created by overloading analog console preamps/compressors and band-passing around 1kHz for a narrow, abrasive fuzz-crunch. On the Frontman 10G, engage the Overdrive button with Gain at 7 and Bass kept low at 4 to prevent the 6-inch speaker from flubbing out. Rolling the Strat bridge tone back slightly to 8 tames single-coil harshness while retaining the sharp cutting attack. If you acquire a distortion/fuzz pedal later, switch the amp Overdrive button off to the clean channel and drop amp gain to 2.
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