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For the Love of God amp settings — NUX MG-101

The Steve Vai guitar tone for “For the Love of God”, dialed in for a NUX MG-101 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Passion and Warfare (1990) - signature melodic lead tone

Original rig

Ibanez JEM77FP 'Evo' (DiMarzio Evolution pickups) -> Bogner-modded Marshall JCM800 / ADA MP-1 preamp -> Eventide H3000 pitch detune -> Roland SDE-3000 digital delay

Liquid, singing high-gain lead with vocal midrange, long sustain, and spacious stereo delay/reverb

Amp settings — NUX MG-101

CHANNELBrit 800 (Marshall JCM800 model) with 1960A 4x12 IRBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	6
Presence	6
Reverb	5
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Screamer (TS9 / EFX block)

Tightens the low end and drives the front of the amp model for singing sustain

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Analog Delay (DLY block)

Set to roughly 480ms quarter-note delay with moderate feedback

Time 6 · Repeat 5 · Level 4

03Hall Reverb (RVB block)

Provides the expansive, ambient studio hall depth

Decay 6 · Level 4

Why these settings

To compensate for the lower-output single coils on the Squier Affinity Strat compared to Vai's hot DiMarzio Evolution bridge humbucker, the TS9 block pushes front-end gain while the tone knob rolls down slightly to tame glassiness. The Brit 800 model's mids are boosted to 8 to recreate Vai's signature vocal, horn-like lead frequency focus. All processing stays entirely within the NUX MG-101 using its onboard amp, drive, delay, and reverb blocks.

PRO TIPPick smoothly near the neck joint rather than close to the bridge to round out single-coil attack, and lean into wide, controlled left-hand vibrato to keep notes singing cleanly into the delay trail.

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