The Break up song amp settings — NUX Mighty 8BT MKII Portable
The Mateus Asato guitar tone for “The Break up song”, dialed in for a NUX Mighty 8BT MKII Portable with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster. Studio version from 'The Break Up Song' single/YouTube release (2017-2018 era)
Suhr Classic T (Mateus Asato signature) or Classic S with MAT pickups → Jackson Audio Golden Boy or Asabi overdrive (low gain setting) → Suhr Bella or Badger 30 amp set clean with high headroom → Strymon Big Sky or Neunaber Immerse reverb (lush hall/plate)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 7 |
| Master | 6 |
The NUX Mighty 8BT MKII is a small digital modeling amp with limited headroom and no presence control. Asato's original uses a boutique tube amp set crystal clean with pedal-driven warmth. Your Mighty 8BT cannot replicate the tube compression or pedal-driven edge, so I've set gain at 3 for a hint of warmth without fizz, boosted mids to 6 for body (small speakers lose mids), and cut treble to 4 because the Squier CV Tele's bridge-leaning voicing can get ice-picky through solid-state. Reverb at 7 recreates the lush ambience central to this tone. For closer results, a mild overdrive pedal like a Joyo Vintage Overdrive ($30) set to low gain would add the vocal sustain Asato gets from his Golden Boy/Asabi.
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