Blind amp settings — Lucetta EA-15

The Korn guitar tone for “Blind”, dialed in for a Lucetta EA-15 with a Lucetta LONGA. Studio version, Korn self-titled debut (1994)

Original rig

Ibanez Universe UV7 (stock pickups) → Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red/Modern channel), Big Muff for fuzz layers, BC-9 Chorus on intro

Massive scooped low-end chug with tight palm mutes, aggressive high-gain nu-metal crunch, wobbly chorus on clean intro

Amp settings — Lucetta EA-15

CHANNELHigh-gain/distortion channel (if available) or main channel with gain maxedBRIGHToffBOOSTon (if available)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer style overdrive (TS9 / TS808 clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Critical for the Korn sound. Used as a clean boost into high-gain amp to tighten low-end and cut mud. Behringer TO800 ($25) or Joyo Vintage Overdrive ($30) are budget options that nail this.

Drive 0 · Tone 5 · Level 8

02Noise Gate (Boss NS-2 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for tight palm-muted chugs without fizzy noise between hits. Without this, your stops will be sloppy.

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The Lucetta EA-15 is a small practice amp without the massive power section and speaker punch of a Mesa Rectifier 4x12. To compensate: gain pushed to 9 (the Rectifier sat around 7-8 but had more headroom), bass boosted to 7 to fake the cabinet thump, mids scooped to 4 for that nu-metal hollow scoop. Without a Tube Screamer in front, your low-end will be flubby and undefined on palm mutes—this is the single most important pedal to add.

PRO TIPKorn's chug comes from extremely precise right-hand muting directly over the bridge saddles, not the strings themselves—press harder with your palm meat to get that percussive 'click' attack before the note blooms. Also, drop your tuning to A standard (A-D-G-C-F-A-D) if your guitar can handle it; standard tuning will never capture the subterranean weight of Blind.

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