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Bulls on parade amp settings — Borne Vorax 840

The Rage against the machine guitar tone for “Bulls on parade”, dialed in for a Borne Vorax 840 with a Strinberg Pbs40. Studio version, Evil Empire (1996) — iconic main riff/intro bass tone

Original rig

Fender Custom Jazz Bass (P neck, single-coil pickups) into 2x Ampeg SVT-II Pro heads (one clean, one overdriven/Marshall Guv'nor blend) through Ampeg SVT 810 cabs

Aggressive, punchy, growling low-mid grind with tight clank and string attack

Amp settings — Borne Vorax 840

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz

Used strictly as a subtle low-gain gritty boost/drive to emulate Tim's overdriven blended SVT head; keep Gain low and Bass boosted to avoid losing bottom-end fundamental

Level 7 · Treble 5 · Bass 8 · Gain 2 · Mode 1

Why these settings

Tim Commerford blended a clean SVT rig with an overdriven SVT driven by a Marshall Guv'nor; because the Borne Vorax 840 is a compact solid-state bass combo, push the amp's Gain to 6 and Mid to 8 to reproduce the Ampeg tube growl. The SF300 is an octave fuzz rather than a classic overdrive, so set Mode 1 with Gain nearly closed (2) and Level high (7) to act as a tight harmonic grit layer without flubbing out low frequencies. Keep the Strinberg Pbs40 P-bass tone at 8 to preserve the percussive string clank without harsh fret buzz. Clean verse switch: tap the SF300 off to return to pure punchy clean bass.

PRO TIPDig in heavily over the pickup with your index and middle fingers right against the body to produce Timmy C's signature percussive snap and harmonic growl.

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