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Victory or die amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT

The Motörhead guitar tone for “Victory or die”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Harley Benton Fusion-III HH. Studio version, Bad Magic (2015) — final Motörhead studio album

Original rig

Marshall JCM800/JMP-style heads cranked, ESP Phil Campbell signature guitar with humbuckers, minimal effects — Motörhead's tone is famously pedal-free dirt, straight amp overdrive

Aggressive, grinding British crunch with snarling upper-mids, tight low-end thump, and raw punk-metal attack

Amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT

CHANNELDirty channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 35RT's dirty channel is warmer and thicker in the low-mids than a Marshall JCM800, which has more snarl and upper-mid bite around 2-3kHz. Pushed mids to 7 (vs typical Marshall 5-6) to compensate for Orange's naturally scooped mid character, and treble sits at 6 to preserve the grinding edge without getting fizzy. Gain at 8 delivers the cranked-Marshall saturation Phil Campbell runs—the Crush's gain structure compresses nicely at this level. Your Fusion-III's humbuckers are hot enough to push the front end hard, matching his ESP output.

PRO TIPMotörhead's attack comes from aggressive downpicking with the pick angled slightly—dig in hard near the bridge pickup for that percussive chunk, and let palm-muted sections breathe just enough to avoid mud. Phil Campbell keeps his picking hand locked and lets the amp do the compression.

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