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What setting youre use on your MXR M-80?

It's hard to tell without knowing what kind of bass you have. Also, my eq settings on it change quite often depending one what I need to record, As far as distortion, I highly recommend you don't have blend past half way same for the gain or it just sounds like crap.

Edit

I find 2/3 bass 1/2 mid 1/2 treble with color switch on to be quite nice.
 
For distortion I've it set at:

Treb: 7/8 o'c
Mid: 5 o'c
Bass: 3/4 o'c

Blend: 12/1 o'c
Distort: 2 o'c

Rarely use it clean since I got a VT.
 
I use the suggested "ROBERT TRUJILLO / OZZY OSBOURNE IN-LINE SETTINGS" as stated in the manual.

The EQ I leave flat and then adjust to taste depending on the room and what the sound guy wants. On the distortion I put the blend between 10:00 and 11:00 and the gain between 08:00 for light grind to 2:00 for fuzz.

What does the manual mean by “IN-LINE SETTINGS” ? Does that mean it’s not the DI but just a pedal on the board ?