Plug in baby amp settings — Positive grid Spark 2

The Muse guitar tone for “Plug in baby”, dialed in for a Positive grid Spark 2 with a Fender Mustang. Studio version, Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Original rig

Manson DeLorean (HH, built-in ZVex Fuzz Factory) → DigiTech Whammy (octave up) → Marshall JCM800 cranked

Aggressive gated fuzz with octave-up screaming quality, thick sustain, synth-like attack

Amp settings — Positive grid Spark 2

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Spark Fuzz (built-in)

Primary gain source — select the gated/synthy fuzz model if available; amp gain stays low to avoid mud

Drive 8 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Spark Pitch/Whammy (built-in)

Set to +1 octave up, 100% wet for the main riff; bypass for verse sections

Pitch 10 · Mix 10

Why these settings

Your Mustang's single coils are brighter and lower output than Bellamy's hot humbuckers, so I boosted mids +1 and kept treble at 7 rather than pushing higher. Amp gain is set low at 3 because the fuzz pedal provides all the saturation—stacking amp dirt on top of fuzz creates undefined mush. The Spark's modeling handles the Marshall voicing; select the highest-gain British stack model available.

PRO TIPThe Fuzz Factory's 'gate' control is what gives that choppy, sputtering attack—if your Spark's fuzz model has a gate or bias knob, pull it back slightly to get that synth-like staccato decay instead of smooth sustain.

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