Maggot Brain amp settings — Line 6 SPIDER IV 15
The Nothing Is New guitar tone for “Maggot Brain”, dialed in for a Line 6 SPIDER IV 15 with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Main lead solo, recorded at United Sound Systems (1971)
Fender Stratocaster / Gibson semi-hollow, Marshall 100W Super Lead / Twin Reverb, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, Vox Wah, Echoplex tape delay in mixdown
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
01Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz
Set Mode switch to Fuzz 2 (scooped classic fuzz) as primary gain source
02Line 6 Onboard Tape Echo
Line 6 Spider IV 15 onboard Delay effect dialed to medium repeats to replicate George Clinton's Echoplex mixdown effect
The Behringer SF300 on Fuzz 2 supplies the iconic fuzz saturation, requiring the Spider IV to sit on its Clean channel with gain at 2 to avoid muddy digital clipping. Your Les Paul Modern's humbuckers hit the fuzz harder and darker than a vintage single-coil Strat, so roll the neck pickup tone knob back slightly to 7 to remove harsh top-end bite while keeping round, singing sustain. The Spider IV 15 faceplate lacks a presence control, so top-end openness is managed entirely with Treble at 5.
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