Killing floor amp settings — Mason Dixon Da model 10 watts
The Jimi Hendrix guitar tone for “Killing floor”, dialed in for a Mason Dixon Da model 10 watts with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Live at Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
1965/1966 Fender Stratocaster (single-coils) -> Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face -> Vox Clyde McCoy Wah -> 100W Marshall Super Lead / JTM45/100 stacks
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
GAIN SOURCE: run into front input; provides the raspy, fuzzy drive normally created by Jimi's cranked Marshall and Fuzz Face
Your Mason Dixon 10W is an obscure small practice amp without verifiable midrange or presence controls, so mid and presence are nulled while the BD-2 acts as the dedicated gain source into the amp's clean channel to avoid thin preamp fizz. Because your Les Paul has thick, mid-heavy PAF-style humbuckers compared to Jimi's bright single-coil Strat, keep treble elevated at 7 on both the amp and BD-2 with tone wide open to recover the necessary cut and sizzle. Rolling your guitar volume back slightly to 9 cleans up the wooliness of the neck and bridge humbuckers to mimic single-coil snap.
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