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Killing In the Name (Live In Mexico City, MX, 10/28/99) amp settings — Nux mighty Psr 678

The Rage Against the Machine guitar tone for “Killing In the Name (Live In Mexico City, MX, 10/28/99)”, dialed in for a Nux mighty Psr 678 with a PRS SE Custom 24. Live in Mexico City, 10/28/99 — Battle of Mexico City concert

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 head, Fender Telecaster with stock single coils, Dunlop Cry Baby wah (half-cocked), DOD FX40B parametric EQ as boost, DigiTech Whammy

Aggressive mid-forward crunch with nasal honk from fixed wah position, tight low-end, dry and punchy

Amp settings — Nux mighty Psr 678

CHANNEL6505 or Plexi model — select the Marshall-voiced high-gain modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	3
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Wah (use onboard wah block if available)

CRITICAL: Set wah to fixed/half-cocked position around noon in the sweep — do not rock it. This creates the nasal midrange honk. If the NUX has a manual wah or auto-wah with fixed frequency, park it at 700-900Hz.

Position 5

02Parametric EQ or Mid Boost (use onboard EQ block)

RECOMMENDED — boost around 800Hz-1kHz to replicate DOD FX40B. If your NUX lacks a parametric EQ block, push the amp mid knob to 8 instead and skip this.

Frequency 6 · Gain 7 · Level 6

Why these settings

Your PRS SE Custom 24 has humbuckers vs Morello's Telecaster single coils — the humbuckers are hotter and warmer. Compensate by dropping gain from the original's 7-9 down to 6, pulling bass back to 3 (vs flat 5), and rolling your guitar tone knob to 6 to thin out the humbucker thickness. The NUX modeling amp should use its Marshall-style voicing (6505/Plexi type) to capture the JCM800's mid-forward bark.

PRO TIPThe secret weapon is the half-cocked wah — that fixed midrange filter is 60% of this tone. If your NUX has an expression pedal input, plug in a wah and physically tape it at the halfway point. No wah = use an EQ block boosting 800Hz aggressively. Also, Morello picks hard directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces for maximum attack.

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