Bull On Parade amp settings — Orange Crush 12
The Rage Against The Machine guitar tone for “Bull On Parade”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Evil Empire (1996) — iconic main riff and record-scratch solo
Custom 'Arm the Homeless' Strat (EMG 81 bridge / 85 neck) into 50W Marshall JCM800 2205 head and Peavey 4x12 cab, DigiTech WH-1 Whammy
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 6 |
01DigiTech Whammy (WH-1 or Whammy 5)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; used set 1 octave down on the double-tracked low-riff overdub and 2 octaves up on solo pitch effects
The Orange Crush 12 has a single channel with Gain, Overdrive, Bass, Middle, Treble, and Volume controls (no presence or reverb). To adapt Tom Morello's bright, mid-forward Marshall JCM800 tone to the naturally warm, darker Orange solid-state preamp and your single-coil Strat, we run Gain at 7 with Overdrive at 7, push Mids to 7, and keep Treble slightly rolled to 6 so the Strat single-coil bites without becoming shrill. Bass is kept at 5 to prevent the 6-inch speaker from farting out under heavy palm-muting.
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