Basket Case amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX
The Green day guitar tone for “Basket Case”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Dookie (1994)
Fernandes RST-50 'Blue' (Seymour Duncan JB bridge humbucker) plugged straight into a modified 1959SLP Marshall Plexi 100W head (Bradshaw gain mod) into Marshall 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
The MG30CFX's OD-1 channel provides the classic British crunch of the modded Marshall Plexi without getting overly saturated or fizzy like OD-2. The Les Paul's warm mahogany body and humbuckers require pushing treble to 7 and mids to 7 while keeping bass at 5 to match the tighter, cutting bite of Billie Joe's Strat-style guitar. Note that the MG30CFX faceplate has no presence control, and reverb is kept strictly at zero to match the bone-dry Dookie mix.
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