Hysteria amp settings — Zoom G2X Four
The Muse guitar tone for “Hysteria”, dialed in for a Zoom G2X Four with a Fender Mustang Bass PJ. Studio album version, Absolution (2003) — signature main bass riff
Pedulla Rapture RB5 bass into 3-way split: clean DI, Sovtek 'Civil War'/'Black Russian' Big Muff, Human Gear Animato distortion, amplified via Marshall DBS 7400 heads, layered with a Kyma/Roland synth sawtooth double
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01NYC Muff (Zoom 'NYC Muff' fuzz block)
Gain source — emulates the core Big Muff layer driving the distortion
02Graphic EQ (Zoom 'ParaEQ' or 'GraphicEQ' block)
Placed after fuzz to simulate the Animato/synth top-end cut, boosting around 2kHz-3kHz while keeping low-end foundation firm
Because the original relies on parallel clean, Muff, and Animato paths plus a synth, a single serial modeler must balance distortion saturation without losing low-end punch. The Zoom G2X Four is a guitar multi-FX, so using the NYC Muff into the MS 800 block captures the Marshall DBS crunch and Russian Muff fuzz, while the EQ block pushes 2-3kHz to mimic the harsh bite of the Animato and synth double. On your PJ Mustang, blending both pickups ensures the P-pickup supplies the necessary low fundamental while the J-bridge adds string bite.
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