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Perfect Strangers amp settings — Nux Mighty 40 MKII

The Deep Purple guitar tone for “Perfect Strangers”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty 40 MKII with a Epiphone ES 339. Studio version, Perfect Strangers album (1984)

Original rig

1974 Fender Stratocaster (customized with Schecter F500T pickup, bridge+middle position) → Marshall JMP 100W or early JCM800 → Roland SDE-3000 delay

Mid-forward British crunch with controlled saturation, slightly polished 80s rock edge with prominent delay

Amp settings — Nux Mighty 40 MKII

CHANNELCrunch (Plexi model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01NUX MG-30 — Digital Delay block

Set delay time to 300-400ms range; the delay is prominent in the mix on this track — don't bury it

Time 7 · Feedback 4 · Mix 5

Why these settings

Your ES-339 humbuckers are warmer and higher output than Blackmore's hot single-coil Strat, so gain drops from 7 to 6 and treble drops from 7 to 6 to avoid mud. Mid stays at 7 to preserve that Marshall bark. The Nux Mighty 40 MKII's Plexi-voiced Crunch channel is the closest match to the JCM800's pushed clean-to-edge tone.

PRO TIPBlackmore's signature wide vibrato on this track comes from aggressive tremolo arm use rather than finger vibrato — your ES-339's Tune-o-matic bridge won't replicate this, so exaggerate your finger vibrato width and consider adding slight pitch modulation via the MG-30's chorus block set very subtle (rate 2, depth 1) to approximate that wavering sustain.

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