Mother amp settings — First Act MA155
The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Mother”, dialed in for a First Act MA155 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — iconic electric guitar solo
Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat, bridge pickup) into Pete Cornish board (Electro-Harmonix 'Ram's Head' Big Muff + Electric Mistress flanger) into Hiwatt DR103 and Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01NUX MG-300 MK-2 (Muff/Fuzz Block)
Set as main dirt source; use the Big Fuzz / Muff model in the EFX slot.
02NUX MG-300 MK-2 (Amp Model: Hiwire / Clean British)
Use the Hiwire (Hiwatt DR103) clean amp block with a 4x12 cab IR.
03NUX MG-300 MK-2 (Flanger Block)
Electric Mistress emulation; set slow and subtle to give the characteristic sweep.
04NUX MG-300 MK-2 (Analog/Tape Delay Block)
Quarter-note delay timed around 380-440ms, 3-4 audible repeats.
The NUX MG-300 modeler generates Gilmour's entire high-headroom Hiwatt and Ram's Head chain, so your First Act MA155 acts purely as a flat monitor on its Clean channel with amp gain kept down at 2 to prevent mud. Jazzmaster bridge pickups have a slightly glassier, wider frequency response than a Strat bridge, so rolling the guitar tone knob back to 8 tames high-end fizz on the fuzz. The First Act MA155 faceplate lacks a mid and presence control, so its tone shaping is handled entirely inside the NUX. Clean acoustic intro/verses: bypass the NUX fuzz block and play on the guitar's neck+middle position.
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