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Muleskinner blues amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The The fendermen guitar tone for “Muleskinner blues”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio single cut, Soma Records (1960)

Original rig

1950s Fender Stratocaster & Telecaster directly into a late-1950s Fender Tweed tube amplifier

Raw, bright rockabilly twang with gritty edge-of-breakup attack and splashy spring slap
Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
CHANNEL'50s Deluxe amp modelBRIGHTonBOOSToff
GAIN 6 BASS 3 TREBLE 8 REVERB 4 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass3
Treble8
Reverb4
Master5
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PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The original recording featured single-coil Fender guitars plugged straight into a cranked Tweed amp for bright, biting rockabilly twang. To compensate for your Epiphone Les Paul's warmer humbuckers, cut the bass to 3 and push the treble to 8 to restore that cutting vintage snap. The Mustang LT25 faceplate has no physical mid or presence knobs, so EQ shaping is handled entirely through the high-end emphasis.

PRO TIPPick aggressively with a thin-to-medium pick right next to the bridge saddles to maximize the metallic, percussive attack of the driving rhythm chug.

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