Every Breath You Take amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The The Police guitar tone for “Every Breath You Take”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Synchronicity (1983)
Fender Telecaster/Stratocaster (middle pickup) → MXR Dyna Comp → Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (chorus engaged) → Echoplex tape delay (subtle)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 5 |
01Mustang LT25 Compressor (built-in)
Essential for the even, sustained fingerpicked arpeggios — enable the onboard compressor effect
02Mustang LT25 Chorus (built-in)
Slow, deep chorus is the signature sound — use the '65 Twin + Chorus preset as starting point
Your Jackson's humbuckers are hotter and darker than Summers' single-coil Tele/Strat, so I've dropped treble from 6 to 5 and rolled the tone knob to 7 to tame the midrange thickness. The Mustang LT25's '65 Twin model is the closest voicing to the JC-120's headroom-rich clean. Use the amp's built-in compressor and chorus effects since you have no pedals.
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