Time of Dying amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Three Days Grace guitar tone for “Time of Dying”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, One-X (2006) — main rhythm riff in Drop C

The Joyo Splinter (Fat Rat circuit) provides the thick, saturated Diezel VH4-style gain, so the MG30CFX stays on its dedicated Clean channel at gain 2 to prevent muddy double-gain staging. On your single-coil Strat, roll the tone knob down to 8 and keep the amp bass and mids pushed around 6-7 to compensate for the thinner pickup output compared to Barry Stock's humbuckers. Note that the MG30CFX faceplate has no presence control, and tune your guitar to Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) to match the record's heavy tracking. Clean verse interlude: bypass the Joyo Splinter and switch to the middle pickup.

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