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Comfortable Liar amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Chevelle guitar tone for “Comfortable Liar”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Wonder What's Next (2002) - signature heavy drop-tuned riff

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Modern High Gain channel), PRS Custom 22 with bridge humbucker, minimal pedals

Thick, aggressive drop-tuned alt-metal crunch with scooped low-mids, tight palm-muted low-end, and grinding upper-midrange bite

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Joyo Splinter Distortion

Gain source (set toggle switch to Fat mode, toggle stock/Mosfet to Mosfet for tighter low-end)

Distortion 7 · Filter 4 · Volume 6

Why these settings

The Joyo Splinter (Fat RAT circuit) serves as the primary gain source to emulate the crushing saturation of Pete Loeffler's Dual Rectifier, requiring the Marshall MG30CFX on the pure Clean channel with gain parked at 2 to avoid double-gain mud. To compensate for single-coil Strat pickups against the record's thick PRS bridge humbucker, the amp's mids are kept moderate at 4 while the guitar tone knob is dialed back to 8 to tame single-coil icepick frequencies. Presence is set to null because the MG30CFX faceplate lacks a dedicated presence control.

PRO TIPChevelle tracks in Drop B tuning, so tune down or use heavy gauge strings (at least 11-54) and dig hard into the bridge pickup with a heavy pick directly over the bridge saddles to get the characteristic percussive, metallic palm-mute clank.

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