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Jimi 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 Velvet Revolver
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

amplifier settings for metal v2

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

amplifier settings for metal

MUST HAVE AMP SETTINGS

AC/DC BACK IN BLACK

drive at 6
treble at 5
mid at 6
bass at 8
reverb at 3
overdrive on


BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID

DRIVE AT 7
treble at 3
mid at 6
bass at 6
reverb at 4
distortion on


BLINK 182 - ALL THE SMALL THINGS

drive at 5
treble at 7
mid at 4
bass at 8
reverb at 1
distortion on


DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER

drive at 7
treble at 3
mid at 7
bass at 9
reverb at 3
with overdrive


GUNS AND ROSES - SWEET CHILD OF MINE

drive at 10
treble at 3
mid at 5
bass at 7
reverb at 3
with overdrive


JIMMY HENDRIX - PURPLE HAZE

drive at 8
treble at 7
mid at 9
bass at 6
reverb at 3
with overdrive


JOE SATRIANI - SURFING WITH THE ALIEN

drive at 7
treble at 6
mid at 3
bass at 6
reverb at 0
with distortion


LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

drive at 7
treble at 3
mid at 6
bass at 7
reverb at 5
with overdrive


METALLICA - ENTER SANDMAN

drive at 7
treble at 8
mid at 3
bass at 3
reverb at 2
play clean


MUSE - PLUG IN BABY

drive at 9
treble at 8
mid at 7
bass at 3
reverb at 1
with distortion


NIRVANA - SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

drive at 6
treble at 7
mid at 4
bass at 3
reverb at 2
with overdrive


PENTERA - COWBOYS FROM HELL

drive at 10
treble at 10
mid at 0
bass at 5
reverb at 0
with distortion


PINK FLOYD - MONEY

drive at 5
treble at 6
mid at 7
bass at 7
reverb at 4
with distortion


RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - KILLING IN THE NAME

drive at 6
treble at 8
mid at 0
bass at 6
reverb at 2
with distortion


RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - UNDER THE BRIDGE

drive at 2
treble at 6
mid at 7
bass at 7
reverb at 0
with overdrive


STEVE VAL - THE ANIMAL

drive at 6
treble at 6
mid at 5
bass at 8
reverb at 3
with overdrive


VAN HALEN - AIN'T TALKIN BOUT LOVE

drive at 6
treble at 5
mid at 3
bass at 9
reverb at 4
with distortion


STEVE VAL AMP SETTINGS

Clean #1

reverb at 0
treble at 9
mid at 5
bass at 3
vol. at 2

clean #2

reverb at 0
treble at 8
mid at 4/5
bass at 4
vol at 6

LEAD 31 settings

presence at 6
treble at 6
mid at 8
bass at 7/8
drive at 9
vol at 4

LEAD 3 2 settings

presence at 6/7
treble at 6/7
mid at 6
bass at 7/8
drive at 8
vol at 6

LEAD 33 settings

presence at 6
treble at 6
mid at 6
bass at 7
drive at 8
vol at 6

LEAD 34 settings

presence at 6
treble at 6
mid at 7
bass at 7
drive at 7
vol at 8


HEAVY METAL SETTING

bass at 10
mid at 2
treble at 10
reverb at 3
with Boss Metalzone set at
level at half
low boost
high at half
distortion at max


HEAVY METAL SETTING

gain at 8
presence at 3/4
bass at 9
mid at 3
treble at 7
reverb at 1/2
with DOD metal X set at
level at 4
low at 8
high at 9
distortion at 7/8


HEAVY METAL SETTING

everything at max
DOD deathmetal set at
level at 5
low at 5
mid at 0
high at 6/7


HEAVY METAL SETTING

treble at 9
mid at 4
bass at 10
Boss metal zone set at
high just under 1
low at max
mid at just under 1
mid freg. distortion at max
vol set at arrest level


PUNK SETTING

low at 10
mid at 10
high at 3/4
with distortion pedal set at
tone high
distortion at max


SULTANS OF SWING SETTINGS

presence at 4
treble at 5
nid at 5
bass at 5
reverb 2/3
master at 10


YNGWIES SETTING

vol at 10
bass at 5/7
mid at 2/5
treble at 6/8
presence at 4/6


BONE GRINDER GRUNDGE

pregain at 2/3
low at 8
mid at 5
high at 8
presence at 6/7
master at 6
output level at 80%
you can add to this
phaser at slow with EQ for bass punch
or a chorus with EQ for sharpness


COUNTRY BLUES SOUND

bass at 6/7
mid at 6/7
treble at 8/10
reverb at 3


BLUES SETTING

treble at 5/7
bass at 5/6
mid at 0
use with a tube screamer


ZAKK WYLDE

treble at 10
mid at 3
bass at 10
presence at 2/3
vol. at 10
master vol at 6/7


RANDY RHODES

presence at 10
bass at 1
mid at 4/5
treble at 2
vol at 9
played with MXR distortion pedal


Another ZAKK WYLDE

gain at 6/8
presence low
mid at 4/6
treble at 9/10
bass at 9/10


METALLICA

Gain at 9
treble at 10
mid at 2
bass at 7
reverb at 3


TONI IOMMI

bass at 6
treble at 6
mid at 6
gain at 7/8


THICK METAL CRUNCH

gain at 7
bass at 8
mid at 6
treble at 7


JIMI HENDRIX

gain at 4
treble at 5
mid at 5
bass at 8
reverb at 5


TOM MORELLO

gain at 7
treble at 10
mid at 4
bass at 4
reverb at 0


ERIC CLAPTON

gain at 7
treble at 5
mid at 7
bass at 7
presence at 8


JIMMY PAGE

gain at 4
treble at 8
mid at 3
bass at 7
reverb at 2


Posted: Jan 31, 2006 02:00 AM

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A BLUES SETTING

set your knobs at 40 to 50 percent, gain low

POWER BLUES SETTTING

gain - 1

reverb - 1

treble - 7

bass - 6

middle - 7

RHYTHM BLUES SETTINGS

gain - 6 to 8

treble - 4 to 6

bass - 4 to 6

mid - 4 to 6

reverb - 3

presence - 2




STONE ROSES


gain 7
bass 7
mid 7
treble 3
reverb 5


RANDY RHODES Over The Mountain


gain 7
bass 7
mid 7
treble 10


ALICE COOPER Schools Out

gain 7
bass 6
mid 10
treble 10
reverb 4


THE POLICE Walking On The Moon

gain 5
bass 7
mid 5
treble 5
reverb 5


DARKEST HOUR

gain 6
bass 7/8
mid 7
treble 5
presence 7


PAUL GILBERT

bass 10
mid, less then 1
treble 6/8
presence - way up


ALICE IN CHAINS

gain 6/7
treble 6/7
mid 5/6
bass 5/6
reverb 3


PHISH Chalkdust Torture

gain 6
bass 8
mid 7
treble 4
reverb 3


ALMAN BROTHERS One Way Out

gain 5
bass 6
mid 6
treble 8
reverb 3


THE MISFITS

gain 9
bass 9/10
mid 6
treble 5
post gain 5


PUNK ROCK

gain 7
bass 3
mid 4
treble 7
contour 8
overdrive 7


ZZ TOP

bass 10
mid 10
treble 3
presence 5
preamp 5
gain 6


SYNSTER GATES

drive 8
treble 6
mid 5
bass 6

ALICE IN CHAINS

drive 5
treble 5
mid 6
bass 6


METAL SETTING for line 6 spider 2 amp

drive 7
bass 5/6
mid 4
treble 10


NEIL YOUNG Rockin In The Free World

bass 5
mid 10
treble 10
presence 10
gain 5


AVENGED SEVENFOLD Beast Harlot

gain 8
treble 7
mid 6
bass 7


CRADLE OF FAITH Filthy Little Secret

gain 10
bass 10
mid 1
treble 10
vol 10
contour 1


DAN DONEGAN

gain 8
bass 10
mid 7/8
treb;e 7/8


KERRY KING

gain 9/10
treble 10
mid 4
bass 6/7
reverb 3


COWBOYS FROM HELL

gain 9
bass 7
mid 3
treble 8
reverb 2


DEATH TRASH SETTINGS On a Peavey Amp

lead channel
bass 6
mid 5/7
treble 7
gain 11


BEATLES Day Tripper

Channel A
master vol. 4
gain 4/5
presence 3
bass 10
mid 5
treble 5
mode low


STEPPENWOLD Born To Be Wild

Channel B
master vol 2
lead gain 8
reverb 1/2
presence 4
bass 8
mid 9
treble 6
mode low


CLASSIC ROCK For Solid State Amp

bass 10
mid 5
treble 7
presence 7
resonance 5
reverb 3
distortion


CLASSIC ROCK On A Tube Amp

gain 8
bass 7
mid 5
treble 5


SRV On a Fender Blues Jr amp

reverb 3
master vol 3
treble 10
mid 10
low 4
fat switch on
vol 8



PETE TOWNSEND

gain 9/10
bass 7
mid 4
treble 10
reverb 2


SLAYER

gain 7
treble 7
mid 2
bass 9


KORN

overdrive/gain 10
bass 3/5
mid 5
high 5/8


STROKES

gain 4
treble 8
mid 4/6
bass 6
bridge with distortion
or neck clean


RADIOHEAD My Iron Ling

drive 10
treble 6
mid 7
bass 6
reverb 3 (clean)


JOE PERRY

gain 5/6
treble 2
mid 7
bass 2


DEP LEPPARD

gain 4
bass 4
mid 5
treble 7
reverb 4


DAVE MUSTAINE

GAIN 9/10
bass 8/9
mid 7
treble 8/9
presence 10
master vol 5/6


PEARL JAM

gain 2
treble 6
bass 7
mid 7
reverb 3


DEP LEPPARD Rock Of Ages

gain 4
treble 7
bass 5
mid 4
reverb 4


JEFF BECK Blow by Blow

gain 10
bass 6
mid 5
treble 7
reverb 4


BOSTON

bass 3
mid 10
treble 5
gain 5


DEEP PURPLE Highway Star

bass 8
mid 5
treble 7
gain 4



GREEN DAY

gain 8
treble 6
mid 4/5
bass 8
reverb 2


SLIPNOT

treble 8
mid 2/3
bass 8
gain max


DEEP PURPLE Smoke On the Water

drive 7
treble 3
mid 7
bass 9
reverb 3
overdrive on


SRV Texas Flood

drive 6
treble 6
mid 5
bass 8
reverb 3
overdrive on


PUNK Using a Marshall MG amp

gain max
treble 9
mid 7
bass 5


SATCH

gain 7
vol 3
treble 6
mid 10
bass 6
reverb 1


THE SHADOWS

gain 2
treble 6
mid 9
bass 10
reverb 10


METALLICA

mid 0
bass high
treble high

guitar tuned to drop C

Boss Metal Zone Pedal set to

level 8/9 o clock
mid 7 o clock
treble 4/5 o clock
distortion max
bass 3/4 o clock


GRUNGE PEDAL SETTING FOR Kurt Cobain

loud 9 o clock
low 3 o clock
high 12 o clock
grunge max


SANTANA

clean
gain 7
treble 10
mid 6
bass 5
reverb 2


DAVID GILMOUR

strat neck pickup
clean tube amp
gain 2/3
vol 10
treble 7/8
mid 9/10
bass 5/6
reverb 60 to 70%
fuzz 100% use fuzz pedal, big muff or rat
phaser pedal 40%
delay pedal 310ms


LED ZEPPLIN on a Vox ad30vt amp

gain 2 o clock
treble 3 o clock
vol max
mid 1 o clcok
bass 10/11 o clock
reverb


SEX PISTOLS On a Vox ad30vt amp

gain 2/3 o clock
vol max
treble 4/5 o clock
mid 2/3 o clock
bass 10 o clock


THE DARKNESS solo settings

overdrive on
gain 7
treble 8
mid 8
bass 8
reverb 5
with tube screamer


SLASH

gain 6/7
treble 4/5
mid 7
bass 7
presence 8
overdrive on


GOOD TRASH SOUND

drive 10
vol 5
bass 0
mid 0
treble 10
tone off on guitar
use bridge pickup


CHILDREN OF BODOM

treble 9
mid 4
bass 7
gain 8
reverb 4
guitar tone max
use bridge pickup



BLUES TONE for a Vox ad30vt amp

treble 7
mid 6
bass 3
gain 10


METAL TONE for a Vox ad30vt amp

gain 10
treble 8
mid 2
bass 6


PANTERA on a line 6 spider 2 amp

amp model green insane
bass 7
mid 2
treble 8
drive 12 o clock
add a bit of flanger
reverb 4
add a noise gate


LED ZEPPLIN On a spider 2 amp

amp model either crunch
bass 8
mid 3
treble 9
drive 10
reverb 3



Location: Bar Harbor, ME
Posted: May 21, 2007 03:22 AM

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AC/DC BACK IN BLACK

drive at 6
treble at 5
mid at 6
bass at 8
reverb at 3
overdrive on


BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID

DRIVE AT 7
treble at 3
mid at 6
bass at 6
reverb at 4
distortion on


BLINK 182 - ALL THE SMALL THINGS

drive at 5
treble at 7
mid at 4
bass at 8
reverb at 1
distortion on


DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER

drive at 7
treble at 3
mid at 7
bass at 9
reverb at 3
with overdrive


GUNS AND ROSES - SWEET CHILD OF MINE

drive at 10
treble at 3
mid at 5
bass at 7
reverb at 3
with overdrive


JIMMY HENDRIX - PURPLE HAZE

drive at 8
treble at 7
mid at 9
bass at 6
reverb at 3
with overdrive


JOE SATRIANI - SURFING WITH THE ALIEN

drive at 7
treble at 6
mid at 3
bass at 6
reverb at 0
with distortion


LED ZEPPELIN - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

drive at 7
treble at 3
mid at 6
bass at 7
reverb at 5
with overdrive


METALLICA - ENTER SANDMAN

drive at 7
treble at 8
mid at 3
bass at 3
reverb at 2
play clean


MUSE - PLUG IN BABY

drive at 9
treble at 8
mid at 7
bass at 3
reverb at 1
with distortion


NIRVANA - SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

drive at 6
treble at 7
mid at 4
bass at 3
reverb at 2
with overdrive


PENTERA - COWBOYS FROM HELL

drive at 10
treble at 10
mid at 0
bass at 5
reverb at 0
with distortion


PINK FLOYD - MONEY

drive at 5
treble at 6
mid at 7
bass at 7
reverb at 4
with distortion


RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - KILLING IN THE NAME

drive at 6
treble at 8
mid at 0
bass at 6
reverb at 2
with distortion


RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - UNDER THE BRIDGE

drive at 2
treble at 6
mid at 7
bass at 7
reverb at 0
with overdrive


STEVE VAL - THE ANIMAL

drive at 6
treble at 6
mid at 5
bass at 8
reverb at 3
with overdrive


VAN HALEN - AIN'T TALKIN BOUT LOVE

drive at 6
treble at 5
mid at 3
bass at 9
reverb at 4
with distortion


STEVE VAL AMP SETTINGS

Clean #1

reverb at 0
treble at 9
mid at 5
bass at 3
vol. at 2

clean #2

reverb at 0
treble at 8
mid at 4/5
bass at 4
vol at 6

LEAD 31 settings

presence at 6
treble at 6
mid at 8
bass at 7/8
drive at 9
vol at 4

LEAD 3 2 settings

presence at 6/7
treble at 6/7
mid at 6
bass at 7/8
drive at 8
vol at 6

LEAD 33 settings

presence at 6
treble at 6
mid at 6
bass at 7
drive at 8
vol at 6

LEAD 34 settings

presence at 6
treble at 6
mid at 7
bass at 7
drive at 7
vol at 8


HEAVY METAL SETTING

bass at 10
mid at 2
treble at 10
reverb at 3
with Boss Metalzone set at
level at half
low boost
high at half
distortion at max


HEAVY METAL SETTING

gain at 8
presence at 3/4
bass at 9
mid at 3
treble at 7
reverb at 1/2
with DOD metal X set at
level at 4
low at 8
high at 9
distortion at 7/8


HEAVY METAL SETTING

everything at max
DOD deathmetal set at
level at 5
low at 5
mid at 0
high at 6/7


HEAVY METAL SETTING

treble at 9
mid at 4
bass at 10
Boss metal zone set at
high just under 1
low at max
mid at just under 1
mid freg. distortion at max
vol set at arrest level


PUNK SETTING

low at 10
mid at 10
high at 3/4
with distortion pedal set at
tone high
distortion at max


SULTANS OF SWING SETTINGS

presence at 4
treble at 5
nid at 5
bass at 5
reverb 2/3
master at 10


YNGWIES SETTING

vol at 10
bass at 5/7
mid at 2/5
treble at 6/8
presence at 4/6


BONE GRINDER GRUNDGE

pregain at 2/3
low at 8
mid at 5
high at 8
presence at 6/7
master at 6
output level at 80%
you can add to this
phaser at slow with EQ for bass punch
or a chorus with EQ for sharpness


COUNTRY BLUES SOUND

bass at 6/7
mid at 6/7
treble at 8/10
reverb at 3


BLUES SETTING

treble at 5/7
bass at 5/6
mid at 0
use with a tube screamer


ZAKK WYLDE

treble at 10
mid at 3
bass at 10
presence at 2/3
vol. at 10
master vol at 6/7


RANDY RHODES

presence at 10
bass at 1
mid at 4/5
treble at 2
vol at 9
played with MXR distortion pedal


Another ZAKK WYLDE

gain at 6/8
presence low
mid at 4/6
treble at 9/10
bass at 9/10


METALLICA

Gain at 9
treble at 10
mid at 2
bass at 7
reverb at 3