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Repulsive In It's Splendid Beauty amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Crowbar guitar tone for “Repulsive In It's Splendid Beauty”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Gibson Flying V. Studio album cut, Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (2001)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul/Explorer (EMG 81 bridge) -> Ibanez TS9 / Boss SD-1 boost -> Randall RG100ES / Marshall JCM800 -> Marshall 1960B 4x12

Crushing, low-tuned sludge metal tone with heavy low-end thump, tight boosted upper-mid bite, and aggressive solid-state/high-gain saturation

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	7
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer HD300 Heavy Distortion

Direct into front input

Dist 8 · Tone 6 · Bottom 7 · Gain Boost 7 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Behringer HD300 acts as your primary high-gain sludge engine, replicating Kirk Windstein's iconic saturated solid-state clipping. Per the double-gain rule, the Marshall MG30CFX is set to its cleanest Clean channel with gain at 2 to avoid muddy pre-amp clipping. The amp's EQ is dialed with healthy mids and punchy bass to fill out the 10-inch speaker without losing sludge-riff definition.

PRO TIPCrowbar tunes down to Drop A (or B standard tuned down a step); use heavy gauge strings (.012-.056 minimum) and dig in hard with a thick, rigid pick right next to the bridge to keep the low-end articulate.

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