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Show Me How to Live amp settings — Blackstar DEBUT50RBLK

The Audioslave guitar tone for “Show Me How to Live”, dialed in for a Blackstar DEBUT50RBLK with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Audioslave self-titled album (2002)

Original rig

Marshall JCM 800 2205 50W head (overdrive channel), Fender Stratocaster 'Soul Power' with Seymour Duncan Hotrails bridge pickup, BOSS DD-2/DD-3 delay, Dunlop Cry Baby, Digitech Whammy, MXR Phase 90

Thick, mid-pushed high-gain crunch with clarity and punch, palm-muted low-end thump in Drop D

Amp settings — Blackstar DEBUT50RBLK

CHANNELOverdrive (OD) channel, ISF at 3 o'clock (British voicing)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2W Metal Zone (Standard mode)

Use as a mid-boost EQ pedal ONLY — Dist at 0, Level pushing amp. This compensates for the Blackstar's smaller speaker lacking the JCM 800's mid authority. Standard mode, not Custom.

Level 6 · High 4 · Low 6 · Mid Freq 5 · Mid 7 · Dist 0

Why these settings

The Blackstar Debut 50R is a solid-state practice amp with less midrange bite than the JCM 800. ISF pushed toward British (3 o'clock) gets closer to Marshall voicing. Mid raised +1 from original to compensate for the smaller 12" speaker's thinner low-mids. The MT-2W with Dist at 0 acts as a clean mid-focused EQ boost — do NOT use it for distortion or you'll get fizzy mud.

PRO TIPMorello's attack on this track is all about aggressive palm muting on the low D string with precise release timing — the tone comes alive in the dynamics between choked and open notes, not from extra gain.

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