Here we are again
imi Hendrix of Jimi Hendrix Experience
Gain - 4
Treble - 5
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Reverb - 5
John Petrucci of Dream Theatre
1)Clean Channel:
Preamp Mode: Rhythm 1 Yellow
Gain: 6
Treble: 6.5
Middle: 3.5
Bass: 3
Lead 1 Drive: 0
Lead 2 Drive: 0
Master: 5.5
Presence: 8
Dynamic Voice: 7
Power Amps set on Deep And Modern
2)Main Distortion Channel:
Preamp Mode: Lead 1 Red
Gain: 6
Treble: 6
Middle: 6
Bass: 4.5
Lead 1 Drive: 4.5
Lead 2 Drive: 0
Master: 4
Presence: 6.5
Dynamic Voice: 6.5
Power Amps set on Deep And Modern
3)Lead Channel:
Preamp Mode: Lead 2 Yellow (MarkII Lead Sound)
Gain: 7.5
Treble: 4.5
Middle: 4
Bass: 5.5
Lead 1 Drive: 0
Lead 2 Drive: 6.5 Master: 6
Presence: 0
Dynamic Voice: 3
4)EFFECTS CHAIN:
Clean Sound - basic chorus sound
Lead Sound - 602 and 460 millisecond delay with 3 repeats
Crunch - 26 milliseconds delay
Tom Morello of Audioslave/Rage Against the Machine
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Eric Clapton of Eric Clapton
Gain - 7
Teble - 5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence - 8
Mick Thompson of Slipknot
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 8
Mid - 7
Bass - 8
Reverb - 2
Note tuning of B F B E Gsharp Csharp (low to high)
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 4
Bass - 3
Reverb - 2
Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
Gain - 6
Treble - 4
Mid - 3
Bass- 9
Reverb - 4
John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 2
Bass - 6
Reverb - 7
Kirk Hammet of Metallica
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 2
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Keith Richards of Rolling Stones
Gain - 4.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 6.5
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 1.5
Note use of open G tuning, D G D G B D (low to high)
The Edge of U2
Gain - 1.5
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 3
Reverb - 8.5
Brian May of Queen
Gain - 8.5
Treble - 4
Mid - 9
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 4
Note Brian famously uses old sixpences to pick the strings of his guitar.
Jack White of The White Stripes
Gain - 8
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Prescence - 8
Slash of Guns N' Roses
Gain - 6.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence ? 8
Justin Hawkins of The Darkness
bass- 6
treble-8
mid-8
gain-7
reverb-5
Dimebag Darrel of Pantera
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 9
Reverb ? 0
Billie Joe Armstrong (newer) of Green Day
Drive - 6
Treble - 10
Mid - 8
Bass - 5
Reverb ? 3
Billie Joe Armstrong (older) of Green Day
Gain:9
Treble:10
Mid:8
Bass:5
Reverb:3
Dave Murray of Iron Maiden
Drive - 7
Treble - 9
Mid - 7
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Use your brigde humbucker - I find this tone to be excellent for Maiden - The Trooper, Hallowed especially
Gary Moore of Thin Lizzy
Bass 7
Treble 7
Mids 8-10
Gain 5-7 depends on song
Coutour at 3-4 not so high to suck the mids but not os low to sound crappy
maybe a splash of reverb
Neck pickup
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters
Distortion:8
Treble:7
Middle:5
Bass:3
Reverb:3 (room)
Joe Walsh of Eagles
Treble: 7
Bass:3
Mid: 4
Master:3
Reverb:2
Presence:3
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins
For songs like 1979:
Bass: 8
Mid: 7
High/Treble: 6
Pickup Position: 2 or 4 (Strat)
For heavier songs like Zero or Jellybelly:
Bass: 10
Mid: 4
High/Treble: 8
Use a thick heavy distortion with medium tone and a lot of sustain.
Angus Young of AC/DC
Gain - 5
Treble - 10
Mid - 10
Bass - 5
Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 5
Gain - 2-3
Mark Tremonti of Creed/Alter Bridge
Gain:10
Treb.:6
Mid.:3 or 4
Bass:7
Presence:6
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
Treble: 7
Mid: 7
Low: 5
Daron Malakian of System of a Down
Amp Used: Crate VFX5212
Gain: 8
Treble: 6-7
Mids: 3-5
Bass: 10
Presence: 8
Note the use of Drop D down 1/2 step (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
Gain - 7 or 8
Bass - 6
Middle - 6
Treble - 6
Channel - Overdrive
Mick Mars of Motley Crue
Gain - 3
Bass - 2-3
Contour - 2-3
Treble - 10
Channel - Overdrive
Kurt Cobain - Chorus Effect bits of Nirvana
Effects/Other - Ibanez CF-7 Pedal
Speed- 10
Depth- 5
Delay Time- 0 or 1.5
Regen- 3
Mick Thompson of Slipknot
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 8
Mid - 7
Bass - 8
Reverb - 2
Effects/Other - Tuning of B F B E G# C# (low to high)
Channel - Distortion
Noel Gallagher of Oasis
Gain- 5.5
Volume- 10
Treble- 7
Middle- 5.5
Bass- 4.5
Ray Davies of The Kinks
Gain- 7.5
Volume- 10
Treble- 10
Middle- 6
Bass- 4
Steve Jones of Sex Pistols
Gain- 7
Volume- 10
Treble- 8.5
Middle- 6
Bass- 4
Alex Laiho of Children of Bodom
Treble: 9
Mid: 4
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Reverb: 4
(on guitar)
Tone: 10
Pickup: Bridge
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
Bass: 10
Middle: 6.5
Treble: 10
Gain: 1.5
or
Gain-2-3
Treble- 7-8
Mids- 9-10
Bass- 5-6
Reverb- 60-70%
Mark Tremonti of Creed/Alter Bridge
Gain: 7
Bass: 6
Mids: 4
treble: 7.5
Reverb: 1-2
Carlos Santana of Carlos Santana
gain 7
treble 10
mid 6
bass 5
reverb 2
Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains
Gain 6-7
Treble 6-7
Mids 5-6
Bass 5-6
Reverb 3
Joe Perry of Aerosmith
Gain: 5.5
Treble: 2
Mid: 7
Bass: 2
Volume: Full (used Fenders in the early days and switched to music Man during the Toys era, now uses a mixture)
Pete Willis of Def Leppard
Gain- 4
Bass-4
Mid- 5
Treble-7
Reverb-4
Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
Treble: 3
Middle: 10
Bass: 10
Prescense: 10
Gain: about 5 (crunchy type of sound)
Use a Les Paul guitar with not to much output in the pups and select both!
Buckethead of Buckethead
Bass: 5-6
Mids: 5-7
Treble: 7-8
Presence: 6
Boost clean channel with an OD
Tone: 5-6
Volume: 5-8 (have it boost the volume of the amp a little)
Distortion: 0
Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mids 7
Treble 10
Reverb 0
Stevie Ray Vaughan of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Low 10 (full)
Mid 7.5
High 5
Steve Vai
Clean:
Treble: 8
Mid: 5
Bass: 4
Lead:
Presence: 6
Treble: 6
Mid: 7
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Sublime
General
Treble 9-10
mid:0
bass: 7
with a hint of chorus...on clean
Slayer
Gain: 7
Treble: 7
Mid: 2
Bass: 9
Kerry King
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 6-7
Reverb – 3
Opeth
Amp EQ settings:
Mids: 4:30 o' clock
High:10:30 o'clock
Low: 7 (barely above 0)
Presence: 0
Resonance: 8(barely above 0)
Drapery Falls Intro Tone(for Boss GT-6):
Only things that are on are:
-Reverb(set to 75)
-Overdrive/Distortion(Metal>Heavy Metal Preset)
-Overdrive/Distortion Drive and Level set to 100
-Equalizer:
Low EQ +1 dB
Lo-Mid f 500Hz
Lo-Mid Q 2
Lo-Mid EQ +2 dB
Hi-Mid f 4.00 kHz
Hi-Mid Q 2
Hi-Mid EQ +2 dB
High EQ +2 dB
Level +2 dB
-Pedal Assign: Exp Pedal ON, Foot vol min 0
Opeth Distortion:
Only things switched on are:
-Overdrive/Distortion TYPE: Metal>Heavy Metal(type variation)
-Overdrive/Distortion Drive and Level: 100
-Reverb: 25
-Pedal Assign: Exp Pedal ON, Foot vol min 0
-MAKE SURE YOU USE RHYTHM PICKUP FOR THIS DISTORTION
Graham Coxon of Blur
Gain 7
Treble 7
Mid 6
Bass 5
Reverb 0
Atreyu
Gain - 8
Bass -8
Mid - 2 - 3
Tremble – 9
Nickelback
Gain 9
Bass 8.5
Mid 1
Treble 5.5
Rage Against The Machine
Drive: 6
Treble: 8
Middle: 0
Bass: 6
Reverb: 2 (Distortion)
Rush
Gain - 6
Bass - 8
Mid - 6
Treble – 4
Neil Young
Bass: 5
Middle: 10
Treble: 10
Presence: 10
Gain: 5
Steve Vai
Clean Channel Settings #1
Reverb 0
Treble 9
Mid 5
Bass 3
Clean Channel Settings #2
Reverb 0
Treble 8
Mid 4 ½
Bass 4
Lead Channel Settings #1
Presence 6
Treble 6
Mid 8
Bass 7 ½
Drive 9
Lead Channel Settings #2
Presence 6 ½
Treble 6 ½
Mid 6
Bass 7 ½
Drive 8
Lead Channel Settings #3
Presence 6
Treble 6
Mid 6
Bass 7
Drive 8
Lead Channel Settings #4
Presence 6
Treble 6
Mid 7
Bass 7 ½
Drive 8
Adam Gontier/Barry Stock of Three Days Grace
Gain: 7
Treble: 10
Middle: 2
Bass: 2
Reverb: 6
Channel: Overdrive
Joe Satriani
1.) Gain 7
Treble 6
Mid 10
Bass 6
Reverb 1
2.) gain: 7
Treble: 6
Middle: 3
Bass: 6
Reverb: 0 (Distortion)
3.) Gain: 6
Treble: 7
Bass: 9
Mids:0
Bullet for my valentine
High-Gain amp Model.
Bass-6
Mid-5
Treble-8
Wolfmother
Gain: 7
Bass: 6
Mid: 6
Treble: 4
Reverb: 2
Megadeth
Gain 10
Bass 4
Contour 10
Treble 10
AFI
General
Early AFI
Treble: 9
mid: 7
bass: 5
gain: 10.
Middle AFI
Treble: 8
middle: 5
bass: 7
gain: half
New AFI
Treble: 7.5
middle: 6
bass: 6
Gain: just before half
The Strokes
Gain 4
Treble 8
Mid 4-6
Bass 6
USing the bridge pickup when using dist and neck pickup when clean
Jerkyll and hyde ultimate overdrive settings
Drive full, turn down for softer songs l
tone full
volume set to desire
Distortion
Drive 3 oclock for songs like juicebox, heavy songs ect turned down for softer songs
tone 10 - 11 o'clock
EQ 7 - 8 o'clock
volume set to desire
Rhcp- under the bridge tone
Black 2x12
Gain- 9 o'clock
Volume- max
Treble- max
Middle- 3/4 o'clock
Bass- 9/10 o'clock
Use compressor effect as well
Classic rock ie. led zepplin
AC30TB setting
Gain- 2 o'clock
Volume- max
Treble- 3 o'clock
Middle- 1 o'clock
Bass- 10/11 o'clock
Reverb obviously works well too.
Kinks tone
UK 70's setting
Gain- 4 o'clock
Volume- max
Treble- max
Middle- 2 o'clock
Bass- 10/11 o'clock
Sex pistols tone
AC30TB setting
Gain- 2/3 o'clock
Volume- max
Treble- 4/5 o'clock
Middle- 2/3 o'clock
Bass- 10 o'clock
New indie type tone e.g. futureheads, bloc party, razorlight
AC30TB setting
Gain- 10/11 o'clock (mess around with this to get the right amount for a particular band
Volume- max
Treble- max
Middle- 3 o'clock
Bass- 9 o'clock
Lake Bodom - CHildren of Bodom
Treble: 9
Mid: 4
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Reverb: 4
(on guitar)
Tone: 10
Pickup: Bridge
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb
BASS: 10
MIDDLE: 6.5
TREBLE: 10
GAIN: 1.5
Greg Ginn from Black Flag (not o'clocks)
Gain:10
Bass:10
Middle:10
Treble:5
Contour(if applicable):8
Effects:none
Reverb: 0
Channel: Overdrive
David Gilmour- Dark Side of the Moon
Gain-2-3
Volume-10
Treble- 7-8
Mids- 9-10
Bass- 5-6
Reverb- 60-70%
Fuzz- 100%
Phaser- 40%
Delay- about 310ms
Adam Jones-Laterlarus
Gain- 5
Volume- 10
Treble- 8
Mids- 5-6
Bass- 7
Reverb -variable, usually below 40%
Offspring-Come Out and Play
Treble: 8
Mids: 3
Bass: 5
Reverb: 3
Dist: 10
Matt Heafy from Trivium
Treble- 8.5
Mid-6.5
Bass-6
Gain-7.5
Reverb-none
Avenged Sevenfold
Low - 7
Mid - 6
High - 8
Drive - 10 (on a Boss DS-1)
Reverb - 2 or 3
Daron Malakian of System Of A Down (newer)
Pre-Amp: 7
Gain: 5
Trebble: 8
Mid:9
Bass: 7.5
Presence: 9
Sum 41- Fat lip
Scooped Mids
Gain 6-10
Bass 5-8
Mids 0-2
Treble8-10
Killswitch Engage
Reverb:4
Bass:6
Mid:6
Treble:4 or 7 depending on song.
Gain:8
Random Speed/Power metal settings
Gain: 4
Bass: 4
Mid: 8
Treble: 4
Reverb: 3
Gain: 7
Bass: 8
Mid: 3
Treble: 7
Reverb: 3
Hank Marvin of The Shadows
Gain - 2
Treble - 6
Mid - 9
Bass - 9
Reverb - 10
MORE Metallica (Hetfield and Hammet, with specific amps, effects, and years)
James Hetfield
Mesa/Boogie Triaxis
Late 90's
Program/Channel- Main Crunch
Gain- 7
Bass- 4.5
Middle- 0
Treble- 6.5
Drive 1- 0
Drive 2- 6.5
Master- 5
Presence- 6.5
Dynamic Voice- 0
Mode- LD2 Yellow
Program/Channel- Clean
Gain- 2
Bass- 4
Middle- 2
Treble- 5
Drive 1- 0
Drive 2- 0
Master- 5.5
Presence- 5.5
Dynamic Voice- 0
Mode- Rhy 1 Yellow
2003
Program/Channel- Frantic
Gain- 8
Bass- 5
Middle- 3
Treble- 6
Drive 1- 0
Drive 2- 6
Master- 6
Presence- 5
Dynamic Voice- 0
Mode- LD2 Yellow
Diezel VH-4
Gain- 6
Volume- 8
Bass- 9
Middle- 3
Treble- 8
Volume- 6
EFX Mix- 5
Presence- 6
Deep- 5
Gain- 8
Volume- 8
Bass- 10
Middle- 4
Treble- 8.5
Volume- 6
EFX Mix- 5
Presence- 6
Deep- 5
Triple Rectifier
Clean
Master- 2
Presence- 8
Bass- 5
Mid- 6
Treble- 6
Gain- 2
Dirty
Master- 5
Presence- 6
Bass- 5
Mid- 4.5
Treble- 6
Gain- 5
Kirk Hammett:
Triaxis
Clean
Gain- 1
Bass- 1
Middle- 5
Treble- 4
Lead 1- 0
Lead 2- 0
Master- 10
Presence- 6
Dynamic Voice- 6.5
Mode- Rhy. Green
Solo
Gain- 9
Bass- 5
Middle- 7
Treble- 3
Lead 1- 0
Lead 2- 1
Master- 2
Presence- 2
Dynamic Voice- 8
Mode- Ld.2 Green
Garage Inc. 1
Gain- 10
Bass- 10
Middle- 7
Treble- 5
Lead 1- 0
Lead 2- 0
Master- 10
Presence- 6
Dynamic Voice- 6.5
Garage Inc. 2
Gain- 4
Bass- 8
Middle- 4
Treble- 5
Lead 1- 0
Lead 2- 0
Master- 10
Presence- 6
Dynamic Voice- 4.5
Dual Rectifier
Clean
Presence- 7
Bass- 7.5
Middle- 1.5
Treble- 8.5
Gain- 5
Dirty
Master- 4
Presence- 2
Bass- 5
Middle- 3.5
Treble- 5.5
Gain- 5-7
TS-9 Tube Screamer
Drive- 1 o'clock
Level- 12 o'clock
Tone- 1 o'clock
Pete Townshend of The Who
Gain: 5
Treble: 10
Middle: 10
Bass: 10
Reverb: 3
Cradle Of Filth
Gain: 10
Bass: 10
Mids: 1
Treble: 10
Volume: 10
Boston settings
Gain - 5
Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 3
Reverb - 0
Rammstein
Bass: 9-10
Mids: 4-5
Treble: 9-10
Gain: 10
Phish- Chalkdust torture
Gain:6
Bass:8
Mid:7
treble:4
reverb:3
Dez Cadena of The Misfits
Gain: 9
Bass: 9.5
Mid: 6
Treble: 5
Post gain: 5
Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society
Preamp: 10
Volume: 4-6
Bass: 10
Middle: 4-6
Treble: 4-6
Presence: 2
John Squire of The Stone Roses
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mids 7
Treble 3
Reverb 5
Andy Summers of The Police
Gain 5
Bass 7
Mids 5
Treble 5
Reverb 5
Paul Weller
Gain 7
Bass 10
Mids 10
Treble 10
Reverb 3
Strapping Young Lad
Gain 7
Bass 8
Mids 6
Treble 7
Reverb 0
Darkest Hour
Gain-6
Bass-7-8
Middle-7
Treble-5
Presence-7
Allan Holdswoth
Gain: 2 o'clock
Treble: 2 o'clock
Middle: 2 o'clock
Bass: 0
Presence: 10 o'clock
Dethklok
Gain- 8-9
Treb-5-6
Mid-6
Bass-8
10 Years
Gain:8
Treble:6
Bass:7
Mids:5
Reverb:2
Jeff Beck
Gain - 10
Bass - 6
Mid - 5
Treble - 7
Reverb - 4
Tool
Bass: 4
Mid: 4
Treble: 8
Gain: 7.5
Testament
Bass- 6-7
Mids- 2-3
Treble- 4
Presence- 7-8
Gain- 5-7
John 5
Gain- 3-5
Bass-10
Mids-4
Treble- 8
Savatage
Gain 9
Treb 6
Mid 2
Bass 5
Presence 6
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
Gain 6
Treble 8
Mid 3-4
Bass 6
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Drive: 10
Treble: 6
Middle: 7
Bass: 6
Reverb: 3
Herman Li of Dragonforce
gain- 10
bass- 8
mid- 5
treble 7
Nevermore
Pre Gain- 6-9
Low- 4-7
Mid- 5-7.
High- 5-7
Post Gain- 7-10.
Presence- 5-7
Yngwie Malmsteen
Bass 5-7
Mid 2-5
Treble 6-8
Presence 4-6
Volume 10
Paul Gilbert of Racer-X
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mid 5
Treble 7
Misery Signals
Distortion channel
gain-5
bass-6
mid-5
treble-6
resonance-5
presence-6
clean
gain-2 or 3
bass-8
mid-5
treble-4
resonance-8
presence-3
Norma Jean
gain:7-8
bass:7
mid:4
treble:6
Queens Of The Stone Age
Gain: 7
Treble: 3
Mid: 8
Bass: 6
Reverb: 0
Linkin Park (older)
Bass = 2-3 o clock
Treble - 1-2 o clock
Mid - 10.5-11 o clock
Gain - 3-4
George Thorogood
Drive: 6.5
Bass: 2.5
Mids: 7
Treble: 8
Chan. Vol.: 7.5
Slash of Velvet Revolver
Gain: 5-7
Treble: 4-6
Mid: 7-8
Bass: 6-8
Parkway Drive
bass 10
treble 9
gain 8
high 9
low 10
mid 9
mid frequency 6
Mattias Eklundh of Freak Kitchen:
Drive 7
Gain 7
Bass 10
Middle 4.5
Treble 4.5
Reverb 0
Presence 4
Tom Morello's exact amp setting on his Marschall JCM 800 2205:
Master section:
Presence: 7
Volume: 9
Reverb: 0
Boost section:
Bass: 9
Middle: 6
Treble: 1
Volume: 8
Gain: 9
Normal section:
Bass: 10
Treble: 10
Volume: 10
If anyone has A good sound Garden setting shoot it up.
