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Mayonnaise amp settings — Vox Mini go 3

The Smashing pumkins guitar tone for “Mayonnaise”, dialed in for a Vox Mini go 3 with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, Siamese Dream (1993) — signature heavy fuzz chorus riff

Original rig

Fender '57 Reissue Stratocaster (Lace Sensor pickups) + EHX late-70s Op-Amp Big Muff Pi into Marshall JCM800 (low input, KT88 tubes)

Massive, scooped, saturated wall-of-sound fuzz with heavy low-end thump and smooth singing highs

Amp settings — Vox Mini go 3

CHANNELCALI METAL

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Vox Mini Go 3 lacks an onboard mid control (bass and treble only) and you own no pedals, so the high-gain CALI METAL amp model is required to approximate the saturated Op-Amp Big Muff compression. Bass is boosted to 8 to recreate the thick low-end wall of sound from the multi-tracked Marshall cab, while treble is tempered at 5 to smooth the harsh upper edge of the Squier's single-coil bridge pickup. Clean intro/verse: switch amp model to DELUXE CLN with gain at 4 and volume at 10.

PRO TIPBilly Corgan tuned to Eb standard with an idiosyncratic tuning (Eb Bb Bb F# Bb D) using heavy, even-pressured downstrokes right near the bridge to keep the thick drone strings booming without getting flubby.

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