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Crazy train amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT

The Ozzy Osbourne guitar tone for “Crazy train”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 35RT with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Blizzard of Ozz (1980) - iconic main riff & rhythm tone

Original rig

1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom (bridge pickup) -> MXR Distortion + -> MXR 10-Band Graphic EQ (500Hz mid-boost) -> 1970s Marshall JMP 1959 Super Lead MKII 100W head into 4x12 cabs (Altec 417-8H speakers)

Aggressive, mid-forward buzzsaw hard-rock crunch with bright upper harmonics and a tight low end
Amp settings — Orange Crush 35RT
CHANNELDirty
GAIN 8 BASS 4 MID 8 TREBLE 7 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain8
Bass4
Mid8
Treble7
Reverb2
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01MXR Distortion +

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with pedal, run into clean channel with gain at 2

Output 8 · Distortion 7

02MXR 10-Band Graphic EQ

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; pushes signature 500Hz mid bark

31.25Hz 5 · 62.5Hz 5 · 125Hz 5 · 250Hz 6 · 500Hz 9 · 1kHz 7 · 2kHz 6 · 4kHz 5 · 8kHz 5 · 16kHz 5 · Gain 6 · Volume 5
Why these settings

The Orange Crush 35RT naturally has thick low-mids, so the bass is trimmed to 4 while pushing the mid control to 8 to mimic Randy's famous 500Hz graphic EQ spike. Because you are playing single coils instead of Randy's high-output humbuckers, amp gain is pushed to 8 on the Dirty channel and the Strat bridge tone knob is backed down to 8 to cut harsh glassiness. Adding an MXR Distortion + down the road will provide the exact hard-clipping buzzsaw saturation heard on the master track.

PRO TIPPick aggressively close to the bridge saddle using a heavy, sharp pick angled slightly downward to bring out the bright pick attack and harmonic squeals inherent to Randy's double-tracked rhythm style.

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