Asking for advice on specific tone

    I've been recently asked to make a few gigs with a Bowie Tribute band and the guys sent me some live stuff to base my sound off.

    I've settled for this kind of sound as a base:

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    Now, it should be pretty straight forward, the guy plays on Orange amps and humbucker (though kind of particular) guitars and has a pretty bassy/mid-range presence to it. I went for a british vintagey amp but I can't seem to get sustain without giving the sound too much high frequncies and loosing body. Also I have two guitars to choose from, a 335 kind of axe which has humbuckers (although pretty bright and low output for a humbucker) or a strat with singles. I'd like to use the strat but I'd have to compensate for the sc quite a bit. How would you approach this? I'd considering a mid gain rig and adding some push in from the amp, I'd rather not eq after stack though, don't really have a reason, just a preference.

    Any input appreciated.

    335, bridge humbucker would be my choice.
    Sustain comes from volume, new strings & a properly set up guitar (nut slot depth, neck relief, string height) and possibly no noise gate ;)


    turn down definition to make the sound fatter, use Amp Compression (in the AMP slot) if needed, instead of a stomp compressor