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Crazy train amp settings — Stagg 10 GA

The Ozzy osbourne guitar tone for “Crazy train”, dialed in for a Stagg 10 GA with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Blizzard of Ozz (1980), recorded at Ridge Farm Studios

Original rig

Marshall JMP 1959 Super Lead 100W (Presence: 5, Bass: 2, Mid: 6, Treble: 7, Vol I: 6), 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom, MXR Distortion+ (Output: 10, Dist: 4), MXR Ten Band EQ (heavy 500Hz boost)

Aggressive midrange-forward buzzsaw with tight low end and cutting upper-mids, slight room ambience

Amp settings — Stagg 10 GA

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	3
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	1
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01NUX MG-101 Distortion Block

Use the 'Dist' or 'Metal' model to simulate MXR Distortion+. This is your primary gain source.

Drive 4 · Tone 7 · Level 8

02NUX MG-101 EQ Block

Rhoads boosted 500Hz heavily on his MXR 10-band. Crank mids here to replicate that nasal cut.

Low 4 · Mid 9 · High 6

03NUX MG-101 Delay Block

Very short slapback (30-80ms) simulates the room mics used at Ridge Farm. One repeat only.

Time 1 · Feedback 0 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Stagg 10 GA is a basic solid-state practice amp with limited headroom and flat voicing. It cannot produce Marshall-style power tube breakup, so ALL your gain must come from the NUX MG-101's distortion block—amp gain stays low at 3 to keep the signal clean and let the pedal do the work. Mids are pushed to 8 to compensate for the Stagg's neutral EQ and replicate Rhoads' aggressive 500Hz boost. Your Jackson JS32 with its high-output humbuckers is actually closer to Rhoads' Les Paul output than a Strat would be, so no gain compensation needed there.

PRO TIPRhoads' pick attack was precise and aggressive—use a stiff pick (1mm+), anchor near the bridge, and dig in with downstrokes on the main riff. The 'buzz' in his tone comes from picking hard into a midrange-heavy signal, not from scooped high-gain overload.

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