Panama amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Van Halen guitar tone for “Panama”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio album cut, 1984 (1984)
1968 Marshall Super Lead 100W (Plexi, Variac lowered to ~90V, all knobs cranked) + 'Frankenstrat' / 1958 Gibson Flying V with PAF bridge humbucker + EMT 140 plate reverb & Eventide Harmonizer
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 6 |
01Large Hall Reverb (Mustang LT25 Built-in FX)
Built-in MOD/REV slot to emulate Sunset Sound studio room & plate reverb
02Tape Delay / Slapback (Mustang LT25 Built-in FX)
Short slapback to emulate mic distance and doubling
The Fender Mustang LT25 faceplate has Gain, Volume, Treble, Bass, and Master knobs with no physical Mid or Presence controls (mid voicing is handled by selecting the ''70s Rock' Plexi amp model). Eddie's cranked Super Lead provides all the harmonic saturation, so we run the '70s Rock model at Gain 7. Bass is kept at 6 and Treble at 6 to replicate the warm, upper-mid-focused bite of the Ibanez GIO bridge ceramic humbucker without excessive fizz on an 8-inch practice speaker.
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