Supermassive Black Hole amp settings — Fender Deluxe Reverb
The Muse guitar tone for “Supermassive Black Hole”, dialed in for a Fender Deluxe Reverb with a EVH Wolfgang Standard. Studio version, Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
Manson MA EVO (bridge humbucker, onboard fuzz) → DigiTech Whammy V → Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi → Marshall JCM2000 DSL100
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Big Muff Pi (or any Big Muff clone)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. This tone is impossible without a fuzz pedal. The Big Muff is the gain source; the Deluxe Reverb stays clean to amplify it.
The original uses a Marshall's mid-forward voicing with fuzz stacked in front. Your Deluxe Reverb is naturally scooped with high treble, so I pushed mids +2 and cut treble -2 versus the Marshall settings to compensate. Amp gain stays low at 3 because the Big Muff is doing all the dirt work — stacking amp overdrive with fuzz creates mud. Reverb is 0; the recording is bone dry.
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