18 and life amp settings — NUX MG-101
The Skid row guitar tone for “18 and life”, dialed in for a NUX MG-101 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Live (Classic era 1989-1991 tour / Live in London, heavy chorus rhythm riff)
ADA MP-1 Preamp / Modded Marshall JCM800 + Kramer/Jackson humbucker + Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer boost
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 7 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01TS9 Overdrive (Drive Block)
Overdrive block placed before amp model to provide main aggressive ADA/modded Marshall saturation
02Noise Gate (NG Block)
Essential for tight palm-muting stops in the riff
To capture the iconic hot-rodded ADA MP-1 and Marshall live crunch, the MG-101's Brit 800 model is kept at low preamp gain while the TS9 drive block is pushed hard upfront as the primary distortion driver. The Ibanez Infinity R bridge humbucker matches Snake Sabo's aggressive bridge attack, with mids pushed to 7 to deliver the classic 80s hard rock punch.
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