Knight amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Muse guitar tone for “Knight”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Black Holes and Revelations (2006) — Outro Heavy Riff

Original rig

Manson Custom Guitars (Bare Knuckle humbuckers) into Diezel VH4 / Marshall JCM2000 DSL with Z.Vex Fuzz Factory and MXR Phase 100

Aggressive, saturated British/modern high-gain riff with tight low-end and cutting upper-mids

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELMetal 2000 (Red LED) or British 80s Voice

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Z.Vex Fuzz Factory

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Vol 6 · Gate 7 · Comp 6 · Drive 7 · Stab 10

02MXR Phase 90 / Phase 100

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (used in verses/mid-section)

Speed 4

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 20 lacks a dedicated mid knob, so set the Voice control to the high-gain 'Metal 2000' voice to emulate Bellamy's Diezel VH4 crunch. The Ibanez Infinity humbucker provides plenty of output, so keeping gain around 7 delivers tight saturation without getting muddy on the 8-inch speaker. Intro/Verse surf tone: switch Voice to '65 Twin with Spring Reverb on.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a thick plectrum close to the bridge for the rapid galloping triplet picking in the outro to keep the low-end attack tight and punchy.

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