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Zero (Synth Mix) amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The The Smashing Pumpkins guitar tone for “Zero (Synth Mix)”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Schecter Omen 6. Studio recording, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Deluxe Edition (1995) — Synth Mix variant

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark IV, Fender Stratocaster with Lace Sensor pickups, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, Boss DS-1 Distortion, EHX Small Stone Phaser, EHX Electric Mistress Flanger

Aggressive fuzz-like distortion with scooped mids, thick low end, bright treble, and compressed sustain

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELDirty (single channel amp — use clean settings, Big Muff provides gain)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01EHX Op-Amp Big Muff

Primary gain source — Corgan's signature wall of fuzz. Keep tone slightly dark to avoid fizz through the Orange's warm voicing

Volume 7 · Tone 4 · Sustain 8

02Boss GE-7 Equalizer

Sculpts the classic Pumpkins mid-scoop — cut 400-800Hz hard, boost lows and upper presence

100Hz 6 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 3 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 4 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5 · Level 6

03Boss CE-5 Chorus

Subtle thickening — the Synth Mix has slight modulation width. Keep it low to avoid seasick wobble

E.Level 3 · Rate 4 · Depth 3 · Low Filter 5 · High Filter 6

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 is warm with thick low-mids, unlike the tighter Mesa Mark IV — set amp to near-clean (gain 2) and let the Op-Amp Big Muff handle all saturation. Cut mid on the amp only slightly (4) because the GE-7 handles the surgical scoop. Roll guitar tone to 7 to tame the Schecter's humbucker brightness vs Corgan's Lace Sensors.

PRO TIPCorgan layered multiple fuzz tracks panned wide — for the full wall-of-sound effect, double-track your rhythm parts and pan them 80% left/right, or engage the CE-5 for pseudo-width in a live setting.

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