Plug In Baby amp settings — NUX MG-300

The Muse guitar tone for “Plug In Baby”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Gibson SG Modern. Studio version, Origin of Symmetry (2001) - Intro and main riff

Original rig

Manson DeLorean (bridge humbucker with built-in ZVEX Fuzz Factory) into Marshall JCM2000 DSL / Vox AC30 / Diezel VH4

Aggressive, gated, velcro-like fuzz lead with sharp upper-mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — NUX MG-300

CHANNELBrit 800 (Marshall JCM800 model) + 1960A 4x12 Cab IRBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01NUX MG-300 EFX Block: Fuzz Face / Muff model

Set as the primary gain source running into a clean amp platform; keep Gate block engaged in front to mimic the Fuzz Factory's gate

Gain 9 · Tone 7 · Level 7

02NUX MG-300 NR Block: Noise Gate

Essential to clamp the fuzz tails immediately and achieve Bellamy's signature stuttering, velcro cutoff

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

Why these settings

Because the iconic tone is generated by an extreme fuzz circuit, the MG-300's Brit 800 amp block is dialed clean with gain at 2 to prevent muddy double-gain stacking. The tight low-end and spiky mid frequencies are achieved by pushing the amp mids to 7 while relying heavily on an aggressive onboard Noise Gate to simulate the ZVEX Fuzz Factory's internal Gate/Stab compression. Your SG Modern's bridge humbucker matches Bellamy's hot bridge pickup output perfectly with the volume wide open.

PRO TIPPick with aggressive downstrokes close to the bridge saddles and mute unplayed strings strictly with your palm to trigger the tight noise gate clamping between every note of the arpeggio.

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