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Round and round amp settings — Marshall MG30FX

The Ratt guitar tone for “Round and round”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30FX with a Harley Benton Dc 200BK student series. Studio version, Out of the Cellar (1984)

Original rig

Charvel 'Crossed Swords' Superstrat (Seymour Duncan JB bridge humbucker) into a hot-rodded 100W Marshall Plexi/JCM800 head (modded by Jose Arredondo) with Marshall 4x12 cabinet and studio slapback delay

Classic 80s Sunset Strip modified-Marshall crunch: tight low end, aggressive upper midrange bite, bright top end, and sharp articulation
Amp settings — Marshall MG30FX
CHANNELOD1BOOSToff
GAIN 7 BASS 4 MID 6 TREBLE 7 REVERB 2 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass4
Mid6
Treble7
Reverb2
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

In front of amp to clamp high-gain hiss between tight rhythm stabs

Threshold 6 · Decay 2 · Mode 0

02Caline Leon Drive

Used as a clean boost to tighten low end and add upper-mid bite into the OD1 channel (HP mode)

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

03Digital Delay / Slapback

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tight studio slapback delay is essential to DeMartini's signature thickness

Time 3 · Feedback 2 · Level 4
Why these settings

The MG30FX's OD1 channel delivers the hot-rodded JCM800 character, boosted by the Leon Drive with minimal drive and high level to mirror the Jose Arredondo amp mod tightness. Because the MG30FX has no presence knob and a slightly boxier 10-inch speaker, keep bass pulled back to 4 to prevent mud and push treble to 7 for authentic 80s cut. The Boss CH-1 and Caline Python are bypassed as the signature rhythm tone is dry of chorus/compression.

PRO TIPWarren DeMartini's rhythm attack relies heavily on aggressive, percussive palm muting on the root notes combined with sharp, wide vibrato on double-stops; pick close to the bridge for maximum harmonic bite.

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