Amp Settings

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10 Years
Gain:8
Treble:6
Bass:7
Mids:5
Reverb:2
A
AC/DC - Angus Young - General
Gain - 5
Treble - 10
Mids - 10
Bass - 5
Channel - Overdrive
Aerosmith Joe Perry
Gain: 5.5
Treble: 2
Mid: 7
Bass: 2
Volume: Full (used Fenders in the early days and switched to music Man during th
e Toys era, now uses a mixture)
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
Alice In Chains Jerry Cantrell
Gain 6-7
Treble 6-7
Mids 5-6
Bass 5-6
Reverb 3
Atreyu
Gain - 8
Bass -8
Mid - 2 - 3
Tremble 9
Audioslave - Tom Morello - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Channel - Overdrive
Avenged Sevenfold
Low - 7
Mid - 6
High - 8
Drive - 10 (on my Boss DS-1)
Reverb - 2 or 3
Avenged Sevenfold with Boss MT2 Metal Zone pedal
Level- 3 o clock
High-3 o clock
Low-3 o clock
Middle- 11 o clock
Middle frew-1 o clock
Distortion- 2 o clock
B
Jeff Beck
Gain - 10
Bass - 6
Mid - 5
Treble - 7
Reverb - 4
Black Label Society - Zakk Wylde - General
Gain - 10
Treble - 4-6
Mid - 4-6
Bass - 10
Presence - 2
Channel - Distortion
Black Sabbath - Tommy Iommi - General
Gain - 7 or 8
Bass - 6
Middle - 6
Treble - 6
Channel - Overdrive
Black Sabbath Randy Rhoads
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mids 7
Treble 10
Reverb 0
Graham Coxon of Blur
Gain 7
Treble 7
Mid 6
Bass 5
Reverb 0
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
Bullet for my valentine
High-Gain amp Model.
Bass-6
Mid-5
Treble-8
Boston
Bass - 3
Middle - 10
Treble - 5
Reverb - 0
Gain 5
Boston settings
Gain - 5
Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 3
Reverb - 0
C
Children Of Bodom
Treble: 9
Mid: 4
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Reverb: 4
(on guitar)
Tone: 10
Pickup: Bridge
Cradle Of Filth
Gain: 10
Bass: 10
Mids: 1
Treble: 10
Volume: 10
Cream - Eric Clapton - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence - 8
Channel - Clean
Cream Clapton Woman
Gain (2)
Bass (10)
Mid (10)
Treble (5)
Reverb (1)
Use it with a double Humbucker Guitar, and select both
Creed/Alter Bridge Mark Tremonti
Gain-10
Treb- 6
Mid- 3 or 4
Bass- 7
Presence- 6
Creed/Alter Bridge Mark Tremonti
Gain: 7
Bass: 6
Mids: 4
treble: 7.5
Reverb: 1-2
D
Darkest Hour
Gain-6
Bass-7-8
Middle-7
Treble-5
Presence-7
Darkness, The - Justin Hawkins - Solos
Gain - 7
Treble - 8
Mids - 8
Bass - 6
Reverb - 5
Effects/Other - Tube Screamer
Channel - Overdrive
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Drive: 7
Treble: 3
Middle: 7
Bass: 9
Reverb: 3 (Overdrive)
Def Leppard Pete Willis
Gain- 4
Bass-4
Mid- 5
Treble-7
Reverb-4
Dethklok
Gain- 8-9
Treb-5-6
Mid-6
Bass-8
Herman Li of Dragonforce
gain- 10
bass- 8
mid- 5
treble 7
Dream Theater John Petrucci Clean
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
Dream Theater John Petrucci Main Distortion
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
Dream Theater John Petrucci Lead
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
Dream Theater John Petrucci Effects Chain
Clean Sound - basic chorus sound
Lead Sound - 602 and 460 millisecond delay with 3 repeats
Crunch - 26 milliseconds delay
Dropkick Murphys
Gain: 10
Treble: 8
Mid: 7.5
Bass: 4
E
Eric Clapton of Eric Clapton
Gain - 7
Teble - 5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence 8
Eagles Joe Walsh
Treble: 7
Bass:3
Mid: 4
Master:3
Reverb:2
Presence:3
F
Foo Fighters Dave Grohl
Distortion:8
Treble:7
Middle:5
Bass:3
Reverb:3 (room)
Mattias Eklundh of Freak Kitchen:
Drive 7
Gain 7
Bass 10
Middle 4.5
Treble 4.5
Reverb 0
Presence 4
G
Guns 'n' Roses - Slash - General
Gain - 6.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence - 8
Channel - Overdrive
Green Day (newer) Billy Joe Armstrong
Drive - 6
Treble - 10
Mid - 8
Bass - 5
Reverb 3
Green Day (older) Billy Joe Armstrong
Gain:9
Treble:10
Mid:8
Bass:5
Reverb:3
H
I
Iron Maiden - Janick Gers - General
Gain - 10
Treble - 10
Mid - 8
Bass - 5
Reverb - 0-1
Iron Maiden Dave Sullivan
Drive - 7
Treble - 9
Mid - 7
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Use your brigde humbucker - I find this tone to be excellent for Maiden - The Tr
ooper, Hallowed especially
J
John 5
Gain- 3-5
Bass-10
Mids-4
Treble- 8
Jimi Hendrix - General
Gain - 4
Treble - 5
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Reverb - 5
Effects/Others - Neck Pickup
Channel - Overdrive
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Drive: 7
Treble: 6
Middle: 3
Bass: 6
Reverb: 0 (Distortion)
K
Kerry King
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 6-7
Reverb 3
The Kinks Dave Davies
Gain- 7.5
Volume- 10
Treble- 10
Middle- 6
Bass- 4
Killswitch Engage
Reverb:4
Bass:6
Mid:6
Treble:4 or 7 depending on song.
Gain:8
L
Led Zepellin - Jimmy Page - General
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Channel - Overdrive
Led Zepellin - Jimmy Page 2 - General
Gain - 4-6
Treble - 9-10
Mids - 4
Bass - 1-2
Reverb - 4
Channel - Overdrive
Effects/Other - Bridge Humbucker
Linkin Park (older)
Bass = 2-3 o clock
Treble - 1-2 o clock
Mid - 10.5-11 o clock
Gain - 3-4
Lynyrd Skynyrd Gary Rossington
Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 5
Gain - 2-3
M
Yngwie Malmsteen
Bass 5-7
Mid 2-5
Treble 6-8
Presence 4-6
Volume 10
Megadeth
Gain 10
Bass 4 (Its low, but its the fact he puts it through a stack gives it the extra
chug)
Contour 10
Treble 10
Metallica - Kirk Hammett - General
Gain - 9
Bass - 7
Mids - 2
Treble - 10
Reverb - 3
Channel - Distortion
Metallica - Kirk Hammett 2 - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 2
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Channel - Distortion
Metallica Kirk Hammet Fade To Black Distorted
Gain:8.5
Bass:7
Mids:6.5
Treble:8
Reverb:7
Metallica Kirk Hammet Fade To Black Clean
Bass:2.5
Treble:10
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
Dez Cadena of The Misfits
Gain: 9
Bass: 9.5
Mid: 6
Treble: 5
Post gain: 5
Motley Crue - Mick Mars - Dr. Feelgood and others
Gain - 3
Bass - 2-3
Contour - 2-3
Treble - 10
Channel - Overdrive
N
Nevermore
Pre Gain- 6-9
Low- 4-7
Mid- 5-7.
High- 5-7
Post Gain- 7-10.
Presence- 5-7
Nickelback
Gain 9
Bass 8.5
Mid 1
Treble 5.5
Nirvana - Kurt Cobain - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 4
Bass - 3
Reverb - 2
Channel - Overdrive
Nirvana - Kurt Cobain - Chorus Effect bits
Gain - N/A
Bass - N/A
Mids - N/A
Treble - N/A
Reverb - N/A
Effects/Other - Ibanez CF-7 Pedal
Speed- 10
Depth- 5
Delay Time- 0 or 1.5
Regen- 3
Norma Jean
gain:7-8
bass:7
mid:4
treble:6
O
Oasis Noel Gallagher
Gain- 5.5
Volume- 10
Treble- 7
Middle- 5.5
Bass- 4.5
The Offspring
Treble - 8
Mids - 3
Bass - 5
Reverb - 3
Dist -10
Opeth - Still Life era.
ENGL Powerball
CH-3- Rhythm Distortion
Bottom Boost disengaged (off)
Bass- 3.75-4
Focused Mids- 10
Treble- 7.5
Depth- 5
Presence- 7.5
Gain- 5
Guitar- 1980 Gibson Les Paul Standard, Dimarzio Super Distortion bridge, Bill La
werence L-500 neck.
Cab- Peavey 5150 Straight.
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
P
Pantera Dimebag Darrel
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 9
Reverb - 0
Parkway Drive
bass 10
treble 9
gain 8
high 9
low 10
mid 9
mid frequency 6
Pearl Jam Mike McCready
Treble: 7
Mid: 7
Low: 5
Pink Floyd David Gilmour
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%
Phish- Chalkdust torture
Gain:6
Bass:8
Mid:7
treble:4
reverb:3
Andy Summers of The Police
Gain 5
Bass 7
Mids 5
Treble 5
Reverb 5
Q
Queen - Brian May - General
Gain - 8.5
Treble - 4
Mid - 9
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 4
Effects/Other - Brian famously uses old sixpences to pick the strings of his gui
tar.
Channel - Overdrive
Queens Of The Stone Age
Gain: 7
Treble: 3
Mid: 8
Bass: 6
Reverb: 0
R
Paul Gilbert of Racer-X
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mid 5
Treble 7
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Drive: 10
Treble: 6
Middle: 7
Bass: 6
Reverb: 3
Rage Against The Machine
Drive: 6
Treble: 8
Middle: 0
Bass: 6
Reverb: 2 (Distortion)
Rammstein
Bass: 9-10
Mids: 4-5
Treble: 9-10
Gain: 10
Randy Rhoads
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mids 7
Treble 10
Reverb 0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - John Frusciante - Soft Rock songs (eg. Under the Bridge,
Californication)
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 2
Bass - 6
Reverb - 7
Channel - Clean
Rolling Stones - Keith Richards -General
Gain - 4.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 6.5
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 1.5
Effects/Other - Open G tuning, D G D G B D (low to high)
Channel - Overdrive
Rush
Gain - 6
Bass - 8
Mid - 6
Treble 4
S
Santana Carlos Santana
Gain - 7
treble - 10
mid - 6
bass - 5
reverb - 2
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
Savatage
Gain 9
Treb 6
Mid 2
Bass 5
Presence 6
Sex Pistols Steve Jones
Gain- 7
Volume- 10
Treble- 8.5
Middle- 6
Bass- 4
Slayer
Gain: 7
Treble: 7
Mid: 2
Bass: 9
Slipknot - Mick Thompson - General
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
Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan
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.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Low 10 (full)
Mid 7.5
High 5
John Squire of The Stone Roses
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mids 7
Treble 3
Reverb 5
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 s
ongs
tone 10 - 11 o'clock
EQ 7 - 8 o'clock
volume set to desire
Strapping Young Lad
Gain 7
Bass 8
Mids 6
Treble 7
Reverb 0
Sublime
General
Treble 9-10
mid:0
bass: 7
with a hint of chorus...on clean
System Of A Down Daron Malakian
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)
System Of A Down Daron Malakian 2
Pre-Amp: 7
Gain: 5
Trebble: 8
Mid:9
Bass: 7.5
Presence: 9
T
Testament
Bass- 6-7
Mids- 2-3
Treble- 4
Presence- 7-8
Gain- 5-7
Thin Lizzy Gary Moore
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
George Thorogood
Drive: 6.5
Bass: 2.5
Mids: 7
Treble: 8
Chan. Vol.: 7.5
Adam Gontier/Barry Stock of Three Days Grace
Gain: 7
Treble: 10
Middle: 2
Bass: 2
Reverb: 6
Channel: Overdrive
Thurston Moore
Gain-6
Treble-8
Middle-3/4
Bass-6
Tool
Bass: 4
Mid: 4
Treble: 8
Gain: 7.5
Trivium
Treble- 8.5
Mid-6.5
Bass-6
Gain-7.5
Reverb-none
Trivium Setting 2
Gain: 10
Treble: 7
Middle: 4
Bass: 10
Reverb: none
U
U2 - The Edge - General
Gain - 1.5
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 3
Reverb - 8.5
Channel - Overdrive
V
Steve Vai
Clean:
Treble: 8
Mid: 5
Bass: 4
Lead:
Presence: 6
Treble: 6
Mid: 7
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Steve Vai
Clean Channel Settings #1
Reverb 0
Treble 9
Mid 5
Bass 3
Clean Channel Settings #2
Reverb 0
Treble 8
Mid 4
Bass 4
Lead Channel Settings #1
Presence 6
Treble 6
Mid 8
Bass 7
Drive 9
Lead Channel Settings #2
Presence 6
Treble 6
Mid 6
Bass 7
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
Drive 8
Van Halen - Eddie Van Halen - General
Gain - 6
Treble - 4
Mid - 3
Bass- 9
Reverb - 4
Channel - Overdrive
Slash of Velvet Revolver
Gain: 5-7
Treble: 4-6
Mid: 7-8
Bass: 6-8
W
Paul Weller
Gain 7
Bass 10
Mids 10
Treble 10
Reverb 3
White Stripes, The - Jack White - General
Gain - 8
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Prescence - 8
Channel Overdrive
Pete Townshend of The Who
Gain: 5
Treble: 10
Middle: 10
Bass: 10
Reverb: 3
Wolfmother
Gain: 7
Bass: 6
Mid: 6
Treble: 4
Reverb: 2
X
Y
Neil Young
Bass: 5
Middle: 10
Treble: 10
Presence: 10
Gain: 5
Z
ZZ Top Bill Gibbons
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!
Ultimate Guitar User Settings
1.
Presense: 5
Bass: 5
Middle: 10
Treble: 5
High Treble Loudness: 5
Normal Loudness: 5
Jumped inputs.
2.
Gain- 7
Contour- 4
Volume- 4
Bass- 5
Middle- 6
Treble- 10
3.
Gain - 7
Bass - 8
Mids - 6
Treble ? 7
4.
mid 5.5
bass 7
treble 7
volume 5
reverb 4
gain 8
5.
mids 0
bass 10
treble 10
gain 10
6.
Gain - 8
Bass - 7
Mids - 8
Treble ? 8
7.
Gain:7
Treble:1
Middle:9
Bass:1
8.
Gain:10 (or 11 if you're into that kind of thing)
Treble:9
Middle:1
Bass:9
9.
gain: 1
treble: 5
mids: 7
bass: 10
reverb: about 5
10.
gain: 8
treb: 9
mid: 5
bass: 3
reverb: none.
11.
Gain- (on pedal. Amp switched to Clean setting) Max or 3/4 up
Treble- (amp)-10 (pedal)- both at 3 o'clock
Bass- (amp)- 1
Mids- (amp)- 4ish/5 (pedal)- both at 12 o'clock
Reverb- (amp) optional. Turn it up for leads, off for everything else
12.
old uk
treble-8.5
mid-7
bass-5
gain-6
13.
dc hardcore
treble-7
mid-7
bass-5
gain-8
14.
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 particu
lar band
Volume- max
Treble- max
Middle- 3 o'clock
Bass- 9 o'clock
15.
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