Zero amp settings — Line 6 Helix Floor

The Smashing Pumpkins guitar tone for “Zero”, dialed in for a Line 6 Helix Floor with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) — signature main riff

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Lace Sensor Red/Silver/Blue pickups) → Electro-Harmonix V4 Op-Amp / NYC Big Muff Pi → Marshall JCM900 4100 Dual Reverb

Ultra-distorted, buzzing wall of fuzz with mid-forward aggression and infinite sustain

Amp settings — Line 6 Helix Floor

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Triangle Fuzz (or Ballistic Fuzz block)

Helix fuzz block acting as the core gain source into a clean Marshall amp block

Sustain 9 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Parametric EQ block

Place after fuzz to restore the aggressive 1.2kHz midrange slice lost in the traditional Muff mid-scoop

LowFreq 120 · MidFreq 1200 · MidGain 4 · HighFreq 4000

Why these settings

The Line 6 Helix amp model is set as a clean-headroom pedal platform with gain kept low at 2 to prevent digital mud when hit by the heavy fuzz block. Since standard Fender Player single-coil pickups lack the beefy mid output of Billy Corgan's Lace Sensor Red humbuckers, mid EQ on the amp block is pushed and an EQ block adds a 1.2kHz punch. Studio tracking was bone-dry for maximum rhythmic impact, so master reverb is kept off. Clean verse: drop guitar volume to 7 and bypass the fuzz block.

PRO TIPHit the muted 16th-note string scratches firmly with the meat of your picking palm directly over the bridge saddles; the aggressive fuzz sustain will turn the pick noise into the iconic percussive chug heard on the record.

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