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Smoke On the Water amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Deep Purple guitar tone for “Smoke On the Water”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Machine Head (1972) — main riff

Original rig

1968 Fender Stratocaster (single-coil pickups) into Hornby-Skewes Treble Booster into modified 200W Marshall Major

Raw, punchy vintage British crunch with biting upper midrange and tight low end

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCrunch

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The MG30CFX Crunch channel captures the vintage British Plexi/Major bark without the excessive compression of OD1. Because the MG solid-state power section can become fizzy with Strat single coils, keep treble at 5 and push mids to 7 for authentic body. Presence is set to null because the MG30CFX faceplate does not feature a presence control.

PRO TIPPluck the iconic double-stops using your thumb and index fingers rather than a plectrum — the direct flesh-on-string attack is the secret to Ritchie Blackmore's rounded, percussive bite.

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