Bohemian rhapsody amp settings — Roland Cube 40GX
The Queen guitar tone for “Bohemian rhapsody”, dialed in for a Roland Cube 40GX with a Fender American Professional II 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 | 8 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
The Cube 40GX BRIT COMBO model replicates Brian May's Vox AC30, with gain pushed to 8 to reproduce the saturation of a cranked tube amp pushed by a treble booster. Mids are boosted to 8 while bass is rolled off to 4 to mimic the low-cut focus of a Dallas Rangemaster. Rolling the Strat tone knob down to 4 rolls off excessive single-coil top-end bite and simulates the vocal, honky midrange of May's out-of-phase pickup configuration.
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