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Still got the blues amp settings — NUX MG-300 MKII

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Still got the blues”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 MKII with a ESP LTD M-2000X. Studio version, Still Got the Blues (1990)

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Stripe') + Marshall JTM45 Reissue prototype + Marshall The Guv'nor overdrive + Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

Thick, singing, high-sustain blues-rock lead with boosted midrange and smooth top-end

Amp settings — NUX MG-300 MKII

CHANNELBrit Blues (Marshall JTM45 model) + 1960A 4x12 IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion Block (Guv'nor / Classic Dist model)

Primary drive source driving into the edge-of-breakup JTM45 model

Gain 7 · Level 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 8 · Treble 4

02Modulation Block (Chorus / Dimension)

Subtle stereo spatial widening emulating Roland Dimension D

Rate 2 · Depth 3

03Delay Block (Tape Echo / Analog Delay)

Adds ambient tail and sustain to lead lines

Time 4 · Repeat 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

The NUX MG-300 MKII simulates the JTM45 set just at breakup with the onboard Guv'nor-style drive block providing the sustained saturation. Running your ESP LTD neck humbucker with tone backed off to 8 smooths out the top-end bite to match Gary's warm, singing '59 PAF neck tone. Boost the midrange on both the pedal and amp blocks to recreate the heavy vocal sustain of the original recording.

PRO TIPGary Moore played this solo primarily on the neck pickup using wide, aggressive vibrato from the wrist and hard pick attack to force the JTM45 into blooming harmonic feedback.

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