Fat amp settings — NUX MKII 40

The Lindemann guitar tone for “Fat”, dialed in for a NUX MKII 40 with a ESP LTD EC-10. Studio version, F & M album (2019)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Rectifier-style high-gain amp, EMG-equipped guitars (likely 7-string or drop-tuned 6-string), tight modern production with Peter Tägtgren

Crushing industrial metal crunch — tight low-end, scooped mids, aggressive upper-mid bite, heavily compressed and gated

Amp settings — NUX MKII 40

CHANNELFireman (Mesa Rectifier model) or Optima IIC (Mesa Mark style) — select the high-gain Mesa-voiced modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	5
Reverb	0

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (NUX built-in or block)

Essential for industrial metal — tight gate for staccato chugs, prevents low-end mud between notes

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The NUX MG-30 MKII has excellent Mesa Rectifier and Mark models. Your ESP LTD EC-10 has passive humbuckers vs the EMG actives on the original — compensate by raising gain +1 (to 7) and presence +1 (to 5) to recover the attack and compression that actives provide. Mid at 3 achieves the industrial scoop without disappearing. The recording is bone-dry, hence reverb 0.

PRO TIPPalm-mute hard and pick aggressively right over the bridge pickup — industrial metal relies on extremely tight, percussive attack. If the NUX has a Tubescreamer block, try it BEFORE the amp model with drive at 0-2, tone at 6, level at 7 to tighten the low-end further, just like studio Rectifier tracking.

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