Super Massive Black Hole amp settings — Atrust GA 10
The Muse guitar tone for “Super Massive Black Hole”, dialed in for a Atrust GA 10 with a Fender Lite Ash Stratocastor. Studio version, Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
Manson MB-1 with custom MBK-2 humbucker and built-in Zvex Fuzz Factory, DI'd fuzz tone into mixing console, no traditional amp — the main riff is fuzz direct-injected
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Fuzz pedal (Zvex Fuzz Factory style)
RECOMMENDED — not owned. A gated fuzz like Zvex Fuzz Factory, Behringer SF300, or EHX Big Muff with gate mod is essential for this tone. The original uses a Fuzz Factory built into the guitar, DI'd. Run the fuzz into your amp set clean.
The original tone is a Fuzz Factory DI'd directly without an amp — this is fundamentally unreachable on a small practice amp without a fuzz pedal. The Atrust GA 10 is an unrecognized budget solid-state amp with limited gain and likely basic bass/treble or gain/tone controls; I have set presence to null and kept amp gain low at 3 to stay clean while the recommended fuzz provides all saturation. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Bellamy's humbucker, so push mid +1 and keep treble moderate to avoid ice-pick highs.
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