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Take The Power Back (Live in Vancouver, B.C. - April 1993) amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby Bass

The Rage Against the Machine guitar tone for “Take The Power Back (Live in Vancouver, B.C. - April 1993)”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby Bass with a Pulse BS-5G. Live in Vancouver, B.C. (April 1993, 86th Street Music Hall / Live & Rare)

Original rig

Music Man StingRay (2-band EQ) / Ernie Ball Jazz Bass with custom electronics -> Ampeg SVT-CL / SVT-2 Pro -> Ampeg 8x10 Cabinet

Punchy, aggressive slap and pop attack with massive low-end punch and prominent high-mid snap

Amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby Bass

CHANNELPreset Mode / SVT-style Classic Amp Model (Slot 1/2)BRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	7
Mid	6
Treble	8
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Compressor Block (Cube Baby Bass)

Tightens thumb slaps and controls aggressive string pops

Comp 6

02Onboard Cab IR / Sim Block

8x10 Ampeg style IR profile for focused punch

IR Select 1

Why these settings

Tim Commerford's 1993 live slap tone relies on an Ampeg tube head pushed just on the verge of grit with boosted top-end for the string pops. On the Cube Baby Bass, keep the preamp gain around 4 to stay punchy without muddy distortion, and push treble to 8 to replicate the active Music Man StingRay top-end click on your 5-string. The onboard compressor is engaged to keep the aggressive thumb slaps and index-finger pops dynamically balanced.

PRO TIPSlap right over the end of the fretboard with a firm thumb strike bouncing off the string, and pop upward with your index finger firmly hooked under the G string for that signature percussive snap.

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