Muse guitar and bass tones and amp settings
Settings for 5 Muse song pages: Hysteria, Plug In Baby, Supermassive Black Hole and Time Is Running Out. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.

The amps on the records
- Hysteria (guitar): Matt Bellamy, Diezel VH4
- Hysteria (bass): Chris Wolstenholme, Marshall DBS 7400 bass heads (x3)
- Time Is Running Out (bass): Chris Wolstenholme, Marshall bass heads
Each song page cites the source for its gear.
Song pages
Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.
- Hysteria (Muse) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Hysteria (Muse) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Plug In Baby (Muse) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Supermassive Black Hole (Muse) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Time Is Running Out (Muse) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.