Dig Up Her Bones amp settings — Engl Fireball 100
The The Misfits guitar tone for “Dig Up Her Bones”, dialed in for a Engl Fireball 100 with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster. Studio version, American Psycho (1997)
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein's custom Annihilator guitar (active/high-output pickup) into Marshall/Ampeg rigs with heavy front-end boost and aggressive solid-state/tube saturation
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
01Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
Tightens pick attack before the drive stages
02Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
Clean boost to cut sub-bass flub and push the Fireball's front end
03Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Mutes high-gain hiss between aggressive chord chugs
04MXR Six Band EQ
FX loop — thickens low-mids for single-coil beef and creates the signature Misfits bite
Doyle tracked with an extremely hot custom humbucker, so your Squier single coils need the TS9 boost plus the MXR EQ boosting 100Hz-200Hz to simulate that thick wall of sound. The Fireball 100 has no Presence knob (it uses Mid Boost and Presence/Depth controls depending on version, with bottom punch controlled by Mid Boost and Treble), so presence is nulled and treble is dialed back slightly to curb single-coil harshness. The amp gain sits at 6 on the Lead channel with Mid Boost active, letting the TS9 tighten the low end without causing mud.
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