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Killing in the name of amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The Rage against the machine guitar tone for “Killing in the name of”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Rage Against the Machine (1992)

Original rig

1982 Fender Telecaster (neck pickup, Drop D) into Marshall JCM800 2205 (50W split channel) and Peavey 4x12 cab

Aggressive, mid-pushed, dry British crunch with hollow neck-pickup bite

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

Primary gain source into clean amp

Tone 4 · Level 7 · Dist 6

Why these settings

Morello's core tone comes from a cranked Marshall JCM800 2205; on the solid-state Orange Crush 12, running the Boss DS-1 as your main dirt into a low-gain amp setting avoids the fizzy, muddy clipping of double-gaining a small practice combo. The Crush 12 is naturally darker and thicker in the low-mids than a Marshall, so bass is dialed back to 6 while treble is raised to 7 to retain the biting single-coil/hollow neck clarity. The Crush 12 has no presence or reverb controls, so those fields are omitted.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) and pick aggressively near the bridge while staying on the neck pickup to capture the signature hollow clank and percussive attack of the main riff.

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