hey everyone, i recently discovered this master setting that's good for pretty much anything metal, and covers just about anything with a few tweaks.
channel - insane
drive - 4 to 7
bass - 5 to 9
mids - 2 to 5
treble - 6 to 8
reverb - 2 to 4
other effects - your choice
the reason alot of these are variable is because this general ballpark of settings has a wide range of applications and has alot of base in personal preference. but basically, this is how you can tell where to line up each individual setting:
drive - basically, this is just a matter of how heavy you want your tone to be. if you need a moderately crunchy, classic rock-ish tone, then go a little lower. if you want a highly distorted, experimental/industrial sound, then go alot higher. if you want a nice metal-hearty tone with just enough distortion to get good palm muting, then go for the middle. the only thing i'd warn against is applying more distortion than you need, because this causes everything you do on the fretboard to be heard more than it should be, such as fingers sliding across, etc. so the less distortion, the less your background noises are highlighted. you want to have a balance here between heaviness and playability.
bass - again, heaviness comes to play here. the more bass you have, the deeper your tone is going to sound. however, i've noticed that sometimes if i have too much bass, the palm muting tends to get blurred and sound bulky, so i wouldn't recommend going too crazy on the bass unless it goes flush with your other settings.
mids - here, the numerical ratio to heaviness is just the opposite. if you want a heavier metal/thrash sound, then go for lower mids. but if you want to have a classier rock feel, raise your mids a little. it's also just mostly personal preference, so adjust according to what you want to hear.
treble - on the other hand, your treble should be a little more constant. it's basically entirely personal preference, but leaning towards a higher treble does result in a newer metal sound, so keep that in mind as well. either way, you wanna keep it fairly high for anything you're gonna play, cause most guitar notes are on the treble side and need enough of it to sound out properly.
reverb - all in all, reverb just adds polish to your tone. so if you want a more classic sounding or 80s-based tone, then go a little higher on reverb. if you want a more modern sound, lower the reverb a little. but personally, i wouldn't recommend going much higher than halfway on the reverb, cause at that point the aftereffects tend to sound a little less desirable.
other effects - for the most part, it's all about personal preference. most of the effects are straight forward and their applications to your tone should be easily figured out, but if you have trouble, just listen to the style you're trying to mimic and adjust to fit. that's pretty much all i can say.
so yeah, there you have it folks. basically this entire setting mimics the typical marshall halfstack, the king of 80s metal and beyond. so if you're playing anything like metallica, megadeth, dokken, bullet for my valentine, black veil brides, judas priest, etc, then you should be able to emulate any varieties of these and more with the basics of this setting.
). Hope this helps.
. If you have a different Spider IV, check out the artist presets, Im sure it would have the same ones. Im not too sure though.
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