Flesh and the Power It Holds amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby
The Death guitar tone for “Flesh and the Power It Holds”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Main riff and rhythm tracks, The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
B.C. Rich Stealth (DiMarzio X2N high-output ceramic bridge humbucker) into Marshall Valvestate 8100/8200 Bi-Chorus head (OD2 channel, Contour cranked) and Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Gain source — provides the aggressive Valvestate-style scooped-mid bite and tight low end.
02M-VAVE Cube Baby Delay/Mod Block
Bypass modulation and delay for tight, dry rhythm tracks.
Because you own the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, it serves as your primary gain engine to replicate Chuck's razor-sharp solid-state Valvestate saturation; the Cube Baby is set to a clean amp profile with gain at 2 to avoid muddy double-gain stacking. To compensate for the lower-output single-coil Strat bridge pickup versus Chuck's ultra-hot DiMarzio X2N humbucker, the MT-2's Low is boosted to 7 and Middle is notched to 3 with Mid Freq around 4 (roughly 800Hz scoop).
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