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Bleed the freak amp settings — Marshall MG30FX

The Alice in Chains guitar tone for “Bleed the freak”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30FX with a Dean ML 79 floyd. Main riff and chorus, Studio version, Facelift (1990)

Original rig

1985 G&L Rampage (Seymour Duncan JB) → Bogner-modded Marshall JCM800 4010 ('The Snorkler') → Marshall 4x12 with Celestion Greenbacks

Raw, mid-heavy crunch with harmonic saturation; aggressive but not excessively gainy; thick low-mids with controlled high-end bite

Amp settings — Marshall MG30FX

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01MXR 6-band EQ

In front of amp to push the upper-mid bark characteristic of the Bogner Snorkler mod

100Hz 5 · 200Hz 6 · 400Hz 7 · 800Hz 8 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 5

Why these settings

The MG30FX lacks a physical presence knob, so upper-end bite is shaped by keeping treble at 5 while boosting mids on the OD1 channel. Using the MXR 6-band EQ in front of the amp to push 800Hz and 1.6kHz recreates the aggressive Snorkler JCM800 mod punch without muddying the solid-state preamp. Keep the Boss OS-2, delay, reverb, and chorus bypassed to preserve the dry, raw studio rhythm tone.

PRO TIPCantrell’s signature heavy chug relies heavily on aggressive, heavy downpicking right near the bridge to maximize the attack and pinch harmonic response of the bridge humbucker.

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