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I don't wanna be me amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Type O Negative guitar tone for “I don't wanna be me”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster. Studio version, Life Is Killing Me (2003)

Original rig

Fernandes Monterey Elite (Sustainer neck, Seymour Duncan bridge) → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → Boss CE-2 Chorus → A/DA MP-1 Preamp into MosValve power amp → Marshall 4x12

Tight and saturated, chorus shimmer, articulate and cutting, filtered low-end for clarity, slightly scooped mids, crisp attack

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 amp modelBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	5
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Mustang LT25 Chorus (built-in)

Enable the Chorus effect in the amp's FX section; subtle shimmer, not seasick wobble

Depth 5 · Speed 3

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 has no presence knob—use the Metal 2000 model which has the tight low-end filtering and saturated mids the MP-1 was known for. Your Squier's ceramic humbuckers run hotter than Hickey's PAF-style Duncan, so gain stays at 7 rather than 7.5. Bass dropped to 4 because the Metal 2000 model is already bass-heavy and your Strat's 25.5" scale keeps lows tighter than his mahogany Fernandes.

PRO TIPHickey tuned to B standard—if you stay in E standard, the riff will sound thin; drop to at least D standard and use heavier strings (.012-.054 minimum) to approximate the sludgy low-end weight that defines this track.

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