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Bulls On Parade (Live) amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Rage Against the Machine guitar tone for “Bulls On Parade (Live)”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Live performance version, 1990s-present touring rig

Original rig

Marshall JCM 800 2205 (overdrive channel) → Peavey 4x12 | 'Arm The Homeless' guitar with EMG H/85 pickups | Dunlop Cry Baby wah (static toe-forward position) | DigiTech Whammy (2-octave mode)

Aggressive mid-forward crunch with tight low-end, bright cutting attack from static wah position, rhythmic kill-switch stutters

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELSingle channel (Voice switch to position 1 if available)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	3
Mid	8
Treble	5
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Dunlop Cry Baby Wah (GCB95 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Set in static position (toe-forward, around 2-3 o'clock on the sweep arc). Do not rock it; leave parked for the bright, cutting upper-mid emphasis that defines this tone.

Treadle Position 7

02DigiTech Whammy (4th/5th gen or Whammy DT)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Set to '+2 Oct' (Whammy mode). For the intro pitch sweep, rock from heel (original pitch) to toe (2 octaves up) during sustained notes. This is the 'rocket launch' sound.

Mode Selector 10 · Treadle 0

Why these settings

The Champion 20 is a solid-state Fender with scooped, bright voicing — the opposite of the JCM 800's mid-forward bark. Gain pushed to 7 compensates for lower output from your Strat's single coils vs Morello's hot EMG 85. Mid maxed at 8 fights the Fender scoop to approximate Marshall midrange aggression. Bass dropped to 3 keeps low-end tight (Morello runs bass around 10 o'clock). Without the wah in static position, you will lack the characteristic upper-mid bite that makes this tone cut.

PRO TIPMorello's kill-switch stutter is impossible to replicate authentically without hardware modification, but you can approximate it by rapidly toggling your Strat's 5-way switch between bridge (full volume) and a middle position with volume rolled off — set your middle pickup's tone knob to 0 and use aggressive palm-muting to tighten the notes between stutters.

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