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Saadda Haq amp settings — Boss ME-30

The Mohit Chauhan guitar tone for “Saadda Haq”, dialed in for a Boss ME-30 with a Forrester Stratocaster. Studio cut, Rockstar OST (2011) — signature main riff

Original rig

Orianthi Panagaris on PRS Custom 24 (humbuckers) into EVH 5150 III / Marshall stack boosted with an Ibanez TS9

Aggressive modern hard rock riff with saturated mid grind, tight palm-muted low end, and cutting high-mid bite

Amp settings — Boss ME-30

CHANNELLEAD / METAL Drive Type with Built-in Amp Simulator ONBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss ME-30 Compressor Block

Tightens pick attack on single-coil palm mutes before the high-gain stage

Sustain 4 · Attack 5 · Level 7

02Boss ME-30 Overdrive/Distortion Block

Select 'METAL' or 'LEAD' type on the ME-30 to replicate the cascaded EVH 5150 preamp saturation

Drive 8 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The original track uses high-output humbuckers through a high-gain EVH/Marshall stack, so on a single-coil Stratocaster we push the ME-30 drive to 8 and pull treble down slightly to eliminate bridge single-coil brittleness. Midrange is kept forward at 7 to capture the signature aggressive vocal-like cut without turning thin. Rolling the Strat tone knob to 8 smooths out the top end to emulate a thicker humbucker response.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a stiff pick near the bridge saddles using strict palm muting to achieve the percussive, mechanical chug heard on the opening theme.

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