Bohemian Rhapsody amp settings — NUX MG-101
The Queen guitar tone for “Bohemian Rhapsody”, dialed in for a NUX MG-101 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, A Night at the Opera (1975) — Main Guitar Solo
Red Special (Burns Tri-Sonic pickups in series out-of-phase) -> Dallas Rangemaster / custom Treble Booster -> cranked Vox AC30 (Normal/TB)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
01NUX MG-101 Booster (Katana/TB block)
Placed before the amp block to replicate the Rangemaster treble booster
02NUX MG-101 Plate Reverb block
Subtle studio ambience
The NUX MG-101's Class A30 model provides the chime and compression of May's cranked AC30, driven hard by the internal Treble Booster block. Because your Ibanez GRG170DX has standard humbuckers rather than the Red Special's series out-of-phase Tri-Sonics, using the neck+middle single-coil split position combined with boosted mids (+8) and a bass cut closely mimics that iconic hollow, harmonic-rich bite.
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