Bored amp settings — Nux Mg300

The Deftones guitar tone for “Bored”, dialed in for a Nux Mg300 with a Ibanez grg121. Studio version, Adrenaline (1995)

Original rig

ESP 7-string Custom with Fishman pickups, Marshall JCM800 2203, Drop C# tuning (6-string on album), Terry Date production

Aggressive mid-forward grind with tight low-end and controlled gain

Amp settings — Nux Mg300

CHANNELBrown (JCM800 voicing)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Nux MG300 Brown amp model replicates the Marshall JCM800 midrange bite. Pushed mids to 7 (vs typical Marshall 5) to compensate for your passive Ibanez humbuckers having less output than Carpenter's Fishman actives. Bass at 4 keeps low-end tight in Drop C# without muddiness. Tone knob at 8 rolls off slight harshness from modeling while preserving attack.

PRO TIPTune to Drop C# (C# G# C# F# A# D#) like the original album tracking. Pick with deliberate aggression near the bridge — Carpenter's tone relies on pick attack dynamics, not just amp saturation, to create the percussive chug.

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