The Only amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX
The Static-X guitar tone for “The Only”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Shadow Zone (2003)
Gibson Flying V / Explorer (Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion bridge humbucker) into Marshall MG100HDFX solid-state head and Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Zoom G2X Four (ZNR - Noise Reduction)
Essential brick-wall gate to get Wayne's staccato machine-gun riff stops
02Zoom G2X Four (TS Drive)
Tightening boost cut before the distortion block
03Zoom G2X Four (DZ DRIVE / Marshall solid-state style high gain)
Primary gain source; feed straight into the clean channel of your Marshall MG30CFX
Wayne Static famously recorded and toured his signature industrial tone using solid-state Marshall MG-series heads. Because you are running the Zoom G2X Four as your preamp and noise gate into the front input of the Marshall MG30CFX, keep the amp on the Clean channel with low gain (2) to avoid muddy double-gain stacking. The MG30CFX faceplate does not have a presence knob, so shape all top-end sizzle using the amp's Treble control and the Zoom's EQ blocks.
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