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Show Me How to Live amp settings — Fender Junior Pro IV

The Audioslave guitar tone for “Show Me How to Live”, dialed in for a Fender Junior Pro IV with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster. Studio version, Audioslave (2002) — the main D-Bm-G riff tone

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W, overdrive channel) into Peavey 4x12; 'Arm the Homeless' Strat-style with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (bridge); DigiTech Whammy, Boss DD-2 delay

Thick, mid-pushed high-gain with Marshall chunk and clarity — aggressive palm-muted riff tone with upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Fender Junior Pro IV

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Wampler Ego Compressor

Light compression to tighten pick attack before the RAT

Sustain 4 · Tone 5 · Attack 6 · Volume 5 · Blend 5

02ProCo RAT2

Primary gain source — Filter CCW (lower number) = brighter, set around 4 for JCM800-style mid-forward grind

Distortion 7 · Filter 4 · Volume 6

Why these settings

The Fender Pro Junior IV is a single-channel, low-wattage tube amp with no mid or presence controls — it cannot reach JCM800 saturation levels on its own. The RAT2 becomes your gain source (amp stays near-clean at gain 3), replicating the Marshall's mid-forward aggression. Fender amps are naturally scooped versus Marshall's mid-hump, so the RAT's Filter at 4 (brighter setting) compensates, pushing upper-mids to match Morello's bark. Your Tele's single-coil bridge is brighter and lower-output than his Hot Rails humbucker — bass +1 from a JCM800 baseline, treble conservative at 6.

PRO TIPMorello's riff power comes from aggressive palm-muting right at the bridge saddles with the heel of your picking hand — mute hard on downbeats, release slightly on upstrokes for that rhythmic 'chunk-chunk' breathing. The tone is in the hands as much as the gear.

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