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Nutshell amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Alice In Chains guitar tone for “Nutshell”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio cut, Jar of Flies (1994) — Electric solo tone

Original rig

G&L Rampage (Seymour Duncan JB) into Bogner Fish Preamp (Brown/Shark channel) / Marshall JCM800, Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab

Warm, singing mid-forward high-gain lead with smooth sustain and ambient plate/hall reverb

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD1

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	5
Reverb	4
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The MG30CFX lacks a presence knob so presence is omitted, while the OD1 channel supplies the necessary Bogner/Marshall preamp saturation. Because a Stratocaster single coil is inherently brighter and thinner than Jerry Cantrell's high-output humbucker, the guitar tone knob is rolled back to 7 and amp treble is dialed down to 5 to fatten the lead. Mids are pushed to 8 to capture the focused vocal quality of the Jar of Flies solo. Acoustic rhythm: play acoustic/clean unplugged or on Clean channel.

PRO TIPCantrell plays this emotive solo with heavy finger vibrato and deliberate pick attack; rolling the Strat tone knob back slightly rounds off single-coil glassiness and brings out that signature flute-like sustain.

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