Rocky Mountain Way amp settings — First Act MA155
The Joe walsh guitar tone for “Rocky Mountain Way”, dialed in for a First Act MA155 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio version, The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973)
Gibson Les Paul Standard/Deluxe humbuckers into a cranked 1950s Tweed Fender Champ (slide) / Fender Super Reverb and Bill West custom talk box
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Master | 5 |
01NUX MG-300 MK-2 (Tweed Deluxe / 59 Bassman Amp Model)
Set as active amp model block with matching Tweed/Alnico 1x12 or 4x10 IR; serves as the tone engine
02NUX MG-300 MK-2 (RC Boost / Overdrive Block)
Mild transparent push in front of the amp model to tighten slide dynamics
03NUX MG-300 MK-2 (Auto Wah / Touch Wah Block)
Engage for the talk-box sections if you lack a physical talk box
04Heil Talk Box
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; the iconic solo voice
The First Act MA155 is a basic solid-state practice amp with minimal headroom and no mid control, so run it totally clean and let the NUX MG-300 MK-2 handle all tweed amp modeling and preamp distortion. Single-coil Jazzmaster pickups are inherently brighter and thinner than Joe's humbuckers, so roll the guitar tone knob back to 7 and boost mids heavily on the NUX modeler to capture the thick, greasy slide bark. Talk-box solo: engage the Touch Wah block on the NUX as an owned emulation.
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