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Electric gypsy amp settings — NUX MG-300

The Andy timmons guitar tone for “Electric gypsy”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, 'Electric Gypsy' album (1993)

Original rig

Ibanez RG with humbuckers → Marshall JCM800 at high gain. Bright, aggressive early-90s shred tone with high treble and presence for pick attack definition.

Bright, aggressive high-gain with clinical precision — emphasizes pick attack and note separation in fast runs, more cutting than warm

Amp settings — NUX MG-300

CHANNELJCM800 model (or closest British high-gain sim)BRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01NUX MG-300 Screamer (TS-style block)

Use as a boost into the JCM800 model to tighten low-end and add presence — classic shred stacking technique

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02NUX MG-300 Noise Gate

Essential for high-gain — keeps silence clean between fast phrases

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

03NUX MG-300 Delay (Digital)

Short slapback — subtle depth without muddying fast runs

Time 3 · Feedback 2 · Mix 2

Why these settings

Your Strat's single-coil bridge is brighter and lower-output than Timmons' RG humbuckers. Compensate: bass dropped from 6→5 to prevent flub, mid stays high at 7 for cut-through, treble/presence pulled back 1 point each (8→7) to avoid ice-pick harshness. The TS-style boost in front adds the midrange push and compression your single-coil lacks vs a hot humbucker.

PRO TIPTimmons picks closer to the bridge than most players and uses a slightly choked pick attack on fast runs — this gives the clinical separation in the original. Practice alternate picking with the pick angled slightly so only the tip grazes the string; you'll get that glassy shred articulation even on single-coils.

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