Bohemian Rhapsody amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby
The Queen guitar tone for “Bohemian Rhapsody”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Kawes Stratocaster. Studio version, A Night at the Opera (1975) — main guitar solo
Red Special (Burns Tri-Sonic pickups in neck+middle out-of-phase) -> Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster -> Vox AC30 (cranked Normal channel)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
The Cube Baby has only Gain, Treble, Bass, and Level knobs without a dedicated midrange or presence control, so push Treble to 7 and cut Bass to 4 to simulate the treble-boosted midrange bite of Brian May's AC30. Selecting the third amp model matches the British chime, and rolling the Stratocaster's tone knob slightly back to 7 smooths out harsh single-coil glass while preserving the singing vowel sustain. Since the Strat cannot flip pickup phase natively, combining the neck and middle pickups gets closest to May's hollow, articulate attack.
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