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Devil and i amp settings — Marshall mg30gfx

The Slipknot guitar tone for “Devil and i”, dialed in for a Marshall mg30gfx with a Ibanez gio grgr131ex bkf. Studio version, .5: The Gray Chapter (2014) - Main heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Mick Thomson & Jim Root: Rivera KR-7 / Orange Rockerverb 100 / EVH 5150 III with Ibanez MTM / Fender Jim Root Signature (EMG 60/81 and Seymour Duncan Blackouts), tuned to Drop A

Aggressive, tightly compressed high-gain modern metal rhythm with heavy low-end chunk and sharp pick bite
Amp settings — Marshall mg30gfx
CHANNELOD-2
GAIN 7 BASS 7 MID 4 TREBLE 7 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass7
Mid4
Treble7
Reverb0
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Overdrive / Boost (Tube Screamer style)

RECOMMENDED — not owned. Use to tighten low-end flub in Drop A tuning

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 9
Why these settings

The MG30GFX lacks a presence control, so treble is boosted to 7 to capture the sharp pick attack of high-output active pickups. OD-2 provides the cascaded high-gain saturation of Jim and Mick's 5150 and Rivera rigs while keeping mids around 4 to avoid muddy low-mid buildup in Drop A. For the clean intro and verses, switch the amp to the Clean channel and select the neck pickup.

PRO TIPThe track is in Drop A (A-E-A-D-G-B); use heavy gauge strings (.011-.056 or thicker) and aggressive palm muting directly over the bridge saddles to keep low-end tracking tight without flubbing out.

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