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Get the funk out amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

The Extreme guitar tone for “Get the funk out”, dialed in for a M-Vave Blackbox with a Ibanez RG550. Live, Pornograffitti Live 25 / Metal Meltdown (2015) — main heavy funk-metal riff & solo

Original rig

Washburn N4 (Bill Lawrence L500-XL bridge humbucker) -> ProCo Rat (used as dirty boost: Distortion low, Volume high) -> ADA MP-1 / Marshall JCM800 style power stage into 4x12 cab

Percussive, razor-sharp high-gain attack with scooped low-mids, biting top end, and tight palm muting

Amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

CHANNELMarshall JCM800 / High-Gain British Amp Model + 4x12 Greenback Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	4
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Noise Gate Block

Essential in front of the chain for Nuno's staccato stop-start funk riffing

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

02Onboard Overdrive / Rodent Dist Block (ProCo Rat model)

Run as a tight boost: minimal distortion, elevated level to tighten the low-end and push the amp block

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Ibanez V8 bridge humbucker shares the hot, cutting ceramic punch of Nuno's Bill Lawrence L500-XL, so keep guitar volume and tone wide open. On the M-Vave Blackbox, pair a JCM800-style amp model with the onboard Rat-style boost block running at low drive and high level to recreate Nuno's signature front-end compression and sharp transients. Keep amp mids slightly scooped around 4 and treble at 6 to replicate his signature 90s rack-preamp cut without getting shrill.

PRO TIPAnchor your picking hand firmly near the bridge saddles and dig in hard with the edge of a heavy pick; Nuno's percussive funk-metal bounce relies heavily on aggressive, fully choked palm muting followed by instant note release.

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