The Never Meant by American Football guitar tone is built on a Clean amp, dialed in at gain 1.5/10, bass 4.5, mid 5.5, treble 7, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.
clean & sparkling (open-tuned) distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Never Meant sound.
What makes the Never Meant part tricky
FACGCE open tuning, arpeggiated fingerpicking, intertwining parts. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.
Note: Never Meant is in the open tuning FACGCE (an open F major 9) — that tuning IS the sound. Use a bright, sparkling CLEAN tone (treble up, almost no gain) with a little reverb, and let the open strings ring and chime. Two guitars intertwine., Retune to FACGCE, use a bright clean tone with light reverb, and fingerpick the arpeggios so the open strings ring. No distortion., Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.