GUIDE ON HOW TO EQ AND FIND YOUR OWN TONE - SEE BELOW FOR SETTINGS – SEARCH THE

BAND’S NAME YOU WANT TO FIND OR THE GUITAR PLAYER’S NAME OR SONG

Amps generally have a three band eq, meaning bass, mid and treble. They sometimes have a fourth band,
presence, which control frequencies above the treble range.

When you're eq’ing, start with all controls at noon, or 5. This is a point of no boost or cutting of the frequencies. Play
it a bit and get used to the sound and see what needs to be added or taken away. It is best to do this listening (and
this applies to listening in all further stages of this guide) in a band setting, because your sound changes drastically
when you have other instruments. This is because you have to find your 'place'. Listen to 'Sweet Child of Mine' by
Guns n Roses - when Slash comes in by himself at the start it sounds trebly and horrible, but then when the band
comes in it fits the mix perfectly and has people all over the world trying to get this tone.

So anyway, you've got an idea now of what your amp sounds like, time to make some adjustments. Cut treble if
there's too much, or cut bass if it's too boomy (don't be scared to cut heaps of bass, honestly, guitar requires pretty
much no bass, even when you're playing rhythm - listen to some Van Halen to see what I mean. Ever wondered why
the bridge pickup was so popular for rock?

This would probably be a good time to add in some 'mids'. The midrange is a frequency range roughly between 500
and 1000 hz. Remember when I talked before about finding your spot in the mix? This is the knob that does it. The
guys who makes amps and speakers know this, and usually speakers are voiced with a mid 'hump' - that is, a boost
in the midrange frequencies. This is how you not only get yourself heard without having to turn up too much, but
without drowning out the other instruments too. Mess with this knob while you're jamming with your band to find the
right balance between 'cutting through' and sounding too boxy or honky, or like an old transistor radio.

So there you have it, that should have you well on your way to getting a good tone. Use the below settings as a
guide to get particular sounds, but remember that your gear is different and thus, they should be used more as a
rough guide that a hard and fast way to get that particular tone.

Well folks, it appears to be that time again. What time is that? Time for a new settings thread of course! We are
going to keep the rules the same, and they are pretty simple. Basically:

Include the following:

Gain:
Bass:
Mids:
Treble:
Effects (if needed):
Other Info:

I agree, to some extent. If you're an experienced player who knows how to EQ and find his/her own tone, then yes,
this thread is useless, but it can save some time to find a tone from a song you may need help with finding that
sound of the original idea.

But imagine yourself as a beginner. You just got your Squire and your Microcube, and you like Black Sabbath. You
don't hear much of a difference when you change the knobs on your amp, so you go onto UG (probably via Google),
and you see the setting for Tony Iommi. You turn your amp on and turn the knobs to the right numbers, and play the
intro riff to Ironman. It sounds perfect, exactly like the CD.
So you play with it like that for a couple of days, and then you start thinking that it doesn't sound quite right. So you
turn the knobs again until it sounds better, and then repeat this cycle.

That is a beginner learning how to EQ. I could have said this in far fewer words, but this thread is a starting point for
many a beginner's path to their own sound
Now, if you have a request that is not covered in the first few posts, feel free to ask. If a setting is given to the
request, feel free to PM myself of another GG&A mod to add it to the list. This way we can keep the settings in one
easy to find place. If you just have a setting you would like to be added to the list, also feel free to PM it to one of us.

REMINDER:
Not all amps are created equal, so keep this in mind when using these settings. Don’t look at them as a definite
answer; look at them as a place to start. Some amps may have more mids inherent to the amp, so you may have to
adjust accordingly. Same for other settings, make sure you adjust as it suits your amp. So now we can have some
fun with settings and help one another out!

Malcolm Young AC/DC:

Channel-Clean
Master Volume-8 or 9
Gain-He doesn't use any
Bass-1 or 2, his tone is really toppy.
Mid-8
Treble-7

He doesn't use any effects. He only has one knob on his guitar, and it’s the volume on his bridge pickup. He
doesn't use a neck pickup, so just use the bridge pickup and keep the volume at around 2 or 3 - the real
power comes from the volume of the amp.

The main rule with his tone is low gain, high master. It might take some playing around though, it's a really
crisp tone, and he uses real heavy strings too.

Jimmy Page

Gain - 5
Bass - 6
Middle - 7
Treble - 5
Presence - 5
Master Volume - 3

He gave an interview which can be found on the net that asks him what his settings where around 1977:

Are there certain settings you use on the amp?

JP: Depending on the acoustics of the place, the volume is up to about three, and the rest is pretty standard.

Bear in mind that his Marshall 1959SLPs were modded to go to 200 watts using KT66s

There's no proof his Marshalls were ever modded with a master volume during Zeppelin. The TMB settings
are wrong. His Marshalls were modded with KT88s not KT66s, listen to the audio for the interview. He
technically says "KL88s or whatever they call them", but it's fairly clear he meant KT88s. Keep in mind he
says this in May 1977, his tone with Marshalls in 1977 is different than years pass.

http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003340.html ma music n' tang

From asking the man himself, Slash=
Bass-7
Mid-7
Treble-4
Gain-6-8
Presence-I don't remember but I think he said 6 or 7
Papa Roach

setting for their latest songs, for small amps with an MT-2 effects pedal

settings will vary from amps and guitars and tunings, but the pedal settings are pretty right on, just tweak the amp
and make the MT-2 settings very little, you'll have to do a few hair adjustments to find the good spot

MT-2 Settings

Level---9:00 ;lower means higher amp vol which intern gives better sound for small amps
High---1:00 to 1:15
Low---Max
Middle---2:45 (just under 3:00)
Mid Freq---3:05 (hair over 3:00)
Distortion---1:30 to 2:00

Amp settings
Volume---1.4
Gain---3.5
Master Volume---1.9
Treble---7.7
Middle---1.9
Bass---10 (max)

Depised Icon
or anything modern Hardcore works, setting for small amps with an MT-2 effects pedal
settings will vary from amps and guitars and tunings, but the pedal settings are pretty right on, just tweak the amp
and make the MT-2 settings very little, you'll have to do a few hair adjustments to find the good spot

MT-2 Settings
Level---7:30 to 9:00, lower means higher amp vol which intern gives better sound for small amps
High---1:00
Low---Max
Middle---10:30 to 11:00
Mid Freq---a few hairs from not using
Distortion---1:30

Amp Settings
Volume---1.9
Gain---2.5ish
Master Volume---2.5 to 4.5 range
Treble---7.5
Middle---1.9
Bass---10 (max)

I finally found it! The setting for Metallica's "Kill Em All" Album.
Gain: 8
Bass: 8.5
Middle: 1.5
Treble: 10
Matt Bellamy of Muse
Treble - 8/9
Middle - 5
Bass - 6/7
Gain - depends on the song, usually 7 or 8 - these settings, recreate parkway drives EXACT tone with my gear, my
first settings were off but these have to be it.

Gain: 6.5 (adjust for song, like, i'd have it around 7-8 for romance is dead)
Bass: 8
Mids: 8
Treble: 6.5
high: 6
low 8.5
presence: 7

Smokestack Orchestra
Bass - 6
Mid-4
Treble - 7
Both pickups on a dual Humbucker guitar.
Gain - A cranked valve

i think his tone in GNR is similar to Angus Young's tone, cranked marshall of course, with a bit more gain.
like:
cranked JTM45 Gain (sort of deep purple ish)
lots of crunch EQ:
Treble 8
Mid 8
Bass 5

for stevie ray vaughan, scoop the mids. not totally scoop, but scoop it more than when you play the blues.
treble 10
middle 4 (7 if u don't have a tubescreamer)
bass 9
and use a tubescreamer to boost the mids.
should sound a little flat, but with accentuated treble and mids still.
these settings can get muddy on some amps though. if your amp does, just bring back a notch or two from each
control.

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 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
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So you can see eye-to-eye
With someone as small as you

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Settings Page 3

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

Meshuggah
Amp : Mesa Single Recto
Channel : Vintage
Gain : 2 o'clock
Treble : 3 o'clock
Mid : 9 o'clock at the most
Bass : 2:30-3 o'clock

Amon Amarth
(On a Peavey 6505+)
Gain - 4
Bass - 4.5
Middle - 4
Treble - 6
Resonance - 10 (7 on lead channel)
Presence - 0 (7 on lead channel)

u'd like a chorus for Neal Schon. i like the guitar solo from Don't Stop Believin', so i'll go based on that.

Treble at like 7
Mids at 8
Bass at 5

chorus, really british sounding amp.

this is similar with many 80s bands.

METALLICA SETTINGS BY ALBUM

Kill Em All
G: 8
B: 8.5
M: 1.5
T: 10
Ride The Lightning
G: 7
B: 5
M: 1
T: 10
Reverb: 2
Master of Puppets
G: 7
B: 6
M: 3
T: 7
Reverb: 1
And Justice for All
G: 8
B: 9
M: 0
T: 10
Reverb: 2
Metallica (BLACK ALBUM)
G: 9
B: 8
M: 1
T: 6
Reverb: 4
Metallica (BLACK ALBUM CLEAN)
Clean Channel
B: 3
M: 3
T: 8
Reverb: 2

That should get you close to the sound produced by Hetfield and Hammett. I personally love all these tones and I
got my sound by combining these settings into the perfect tone

Lennon Sound - I guess I can't really prove anything here, I'm just saying it's more likely that George did it. I
dunno if early Lennon is up there, but here are some settings:
Gain: very little, because you're going for a clean sound
Treble: 8
Mids: 5
Bass: 3

Lennon has a pretty trebly rhythm tone (like in All My Loving). I think he used a combination of the bridge and
middle pups in his Rick.

Shadows Fall settings:

Bass: 7
Middle: 5
Treble: 4
or
Bass:7
Middle:5
Treble:7

Van Halen
Amp:Peavey Bandit 112 lead channel on "High Gain" setting

Gain: 7-10 (depending on if you are using an od pedal as well)

Bass: 4-7 (depending on volume)
Mid : 3
Treb: 7
Presence:5
Reverb :10
T Dynamics: 100%

i love eric johnson's clean tone. u know on those lesson videos? it's awesome. blackface fenderish tone that i love.

the clean tone is like:

Treble 6
Mid 3
Bass 2

Al Di Meola
Gain-8
Treble-7
Mid-2
Bass-4

i getta sweet van halen outta my 84/40 and my strat ( bridge pup tone and volume 10) what i run:
treble mid basss: the pots dont work so they re set where ever they re broken too
volume: 10
gain: 5 w/ 10 db boost
ts9: tone 3/4 gain 3/4 levle 1/3
gives really smooth lead tones and a nice crunch on rythem works really well for "got me going" "running with the
devil" "eruption" "hot for teacher" and all his tapping parts

a seymour duncan 84/40 and a vj for my "good" amps, i have a sunn that someone gave me for free that my
vocalist uses and a fender 650 that i cant stand. the 84/40 is actually based on a black face ( a vintage deluxe
reverb to be exact) but it has some push pull pots that reallly make the thing scream ( you can get 6db on channel
one and 10 db on channel 2 plus a 6-12 db treble boost on clean) its a pretty cool amp sounds really nice and the
things wicked loud
Arch Enemy
Michael Amott
Lead Gain: 10
Bass: 10
Mid: 3
Treble: 10
Reverb: 4

Kerry King
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 6-7
Reverb – 3

I read that Kerry King raises his mids for his crunch.

A lot of the settings are really bad on the first page. e.g. this:

Atreyu
Gain - 8
Bass -8
Mid - 2 - 3
Tremble – 9

Sound horrible. Nothing like atreyu

I went through the old thread a while back, and i took every setting i saw and made a list....ive got 212 settings
total, all in alphetical order, i was gunna make a website for them, but i never got around to it....here's A-C...i'll post
some more later....and i dont know how accurate all of these are. enjoy.

10 Years
Gain: 8
Treble: 6
Bass: 7
Mid: 5
Reverb: 2

AC/DC
Angus Young
Gain 5
Treble 10
Mid 10
Bass 5

Aerosmith
Joe Perry
Gain: 5.5
Treble: 2
Mid: 7
Bass: 2

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
Mid 5-6
Bass 5-6
Reverb 3

Arch Enemy
Michael Amott
Lead Gain: 10
Bass: 10
Mid: 3
Treble: 10
Reverb: 4

Atreyu
1.) Gain - 8
Bass -8
Mid - 2 - 3
Treble – 9

2.) Gain 8
Bass 4-5
Mid- 5-6
Treble 7-9

Audioslave
Tom Morello
Gain 7
Treble 10
Mid 4
Bass 4
Reverb 0

Avenged Sevenfold
Synyster Gates
Gain- 8
Treble- 7
Middle- 6
Bass- 7

Black Flag
Greg Ginn
Gain:10
Bass:10
Middle:10
Treble:5
Contour(if applicable):8

Black Sabbath
Tony Iommi
Gain - 7 or 8
Bass - 6
Middle - 6
Treble - 6
Channel – Overdrive

Blink 182
Tom Delonge
1.) Gain: 8
Treble: 8
Mid: 8
Bass: 5

2.) Drive 5
Treble 7
Middle 4
Bass 8
Reverb 1

3.) Drive -7
Treble -8
Middle -7
Bass -7

Blur
Gain 7
Treble 7
Mid 6
Bass 5
Reverb 0

Boston
Gain 5
Treble 5
Mid 10
Bass 3
Reverb 0

Buckethead
Bass: 5-6
Mid: 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

Carlos Santana
gain 7
treble 10
mid 6
bass 5
reverb 2

Children of Bodom
Alex Laiho
Treble: 9
Mid: 4
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Reverb: 4
(on guitar)
Tone: 10
Pickup: Bridge

Coheed and Cambria

Mid: 2-3
Bass: 7
Treble: 8
Mid: 5-6
Bass: 7
Treble: 8

Cream
Eric Clapton
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
Treble: 6
Mid.: 3 or 4
Bass: 7
Presence: 6

The Cure
Mid: 4 1/2
Bass: 8 1/2
Treble: 7
Reverb: 4-6
__________

Since SRV's tone is desired so much on UG, I thought i'd help out and post a bit more accurate one than the one
you have already. This is one for his dirtier tones (think crossfire).
Dirty channel of fenderish tube amp w/ strat
Gain: 6
Bass: Full/10
Mids: 4
Treble: 8
Effects: Run a tubescreamer, or similar OD at full volume, full tone, and the drive from 0-3
Other Info: A strat is usually pretty crucial to getting this tone. A good set of pickups will help too. Any early 60's
spec single coil set will work decently. I like to set the pickup height quite low for this tone. Also, use the neck
pickup with the tone pot dialed down a tad.

Eric Johnson
Drive/Gain: 8
Presence: 1
Treble: 4
Mid: 5
Bass: 5
Effects:

Tubescreamer with the following settings:

Drive: Noon / Mid point
Level: Full
Tone: 0 or minimum

Delay Pedal with the following settings:

Time: 380 ms
Feedback: 35%
Speed: 23%
Depth: 100%
Mix: 0%

Reverb Pedal With the following settings:

Delay: 50%
Decay: 50%
Tone: 50%
Mix: 53%

Ritchie Blackmore
Gain - 4
Bass - 8
Mid - 5
Treble - 7
Reverb - 4

Motley Crue guy's thing is right on the front page... didn't seem to sound too good on my Mesa. So, here's what I
came up with, its not perfect, but i think its a little better, if someone could try it and see what they think, it'd be
appreciated.. i'm not too experienced with this stuff yet.

Treble 10
Middle 3.5
Bass 2
Presence 4 (seems like a lot of treble, but it works.)
Gain 5

"Vultures":
Bass - 5
Treble - 5
Mids - 5
Presence - 7-ish (I don't have a presence knob, but I do have my "brightness" and "expander" switches on)
Gain - clean for rhythm stuff, 2 or 3 for solos

Kenny Wayne Shepherd stuff and stumbled across his settings.

treble: between 5 and 6 1/2

middle: between 5 and 8
bass: 3 or 4 at the most
reverb: 2
volume: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
Jus to clear things up...

For songs like "This Time Imperfect" (My favorite tone):

Treble: 7.5
Middle: 6
Bass: 6
Gain: Half as in (1/2 - before 1)
Reverb: 6.5

For the classic punk sound heard on songs such as Third Season:

Treble: 9
Mid: 7
Bass: 5
Gain (Max)
Reverb: 1

For the Killing Lights sound, do the same as the first I listed except with max Reverb.

BTW, this is off a marshall amp. so it might not be completely the same on other amps.

Acoustic Sound
Try this, it's not exact and it might look stupid but it sounds right (not completely of course):
Treble: 10
Mid: 0
Bass: 10

Yngwie Malmsteen
Gain 8-10
Bass 8
Mid 7
Contour 4
Treble 9
Reverb 5-10

Yngwie Malmsteen
Gain 10
Bass 8
Mid 7
Contour 4
Treble 9
Reverb 5-10
_____________

Tom Delonge of Blink 182

Gain: 8
Bass: 1-4, depending on the guitar
Mids: 7
Treble: 10

John Mayer
treble 6
mid 4
bass 6
tweedy darker voiced tube amp.

Jerry Garcia
treble 8
mid 6
bass 5
on a warm amp

Bad Company
treble 7
mid 8
bass 3

Paul Gilbert
treble 8
mid 4
bass 7

Sound: Björn Gelotte - In Flames

Model: 5150
Input: 1
Rhythm Pre: 3
Bright: On
Crunch: Off
Rhythm Post: 5
Lead Pre: 8
Lead Post: 5
EQ Low: 8
EQ Mid: 3.5
EQ High: 6.5
Reverb: 0
Resonance: 8.5
Presence: 7

Sound: Jesper Strömblad - In Flames

Model: 5150 II
Rhythm Pre: 6
Bright: On
Crunch: Off
EQ Low: 8
EQ Mid: 5.5
EQ High:
Rhythm Post: 6
Lead Pre: 6.5
EQ Low: 8.5
EQ Mid: 4.5
EQ High: 7
Lead Post: 4
Resonance: 8.5
Presence: 2.5
Resonance: 10
Presence: 9
Sound Clip:
Comments: He often uses a Line 6 POD XT for cleans.

Sound: The Haunted - One Kill Wonder

Model: 5150
Input: 1
Rhythm Pre: 0
Bright: Off
Crunch: Off
Rhythm Post: 0
Lead Pre: 8
Lead Post: 3
EQ Low: 9.5
EQ Mid: 4
EQ High: 9
Reverb: 0
Resonance: 10
Presence: 9

Sound: Good Swedish metal sound

Model: 6505+
Rhythm Pre: 2
Bright: Off
Crunch: Off
EQ Low: 10
EQ Mid: 0
EQ High:
Rhythm Post: 4.5
Lead Pre: 8
EQ Low: 8.5
EQ Mid: 2
EQ High: 6
Lead Post: 3
Resonance: 10
Presence: 3
Resonance: 8.5
Presence: 8.5

Sound: Machine Head

Model: 5150 II
Rhythm Pre: 3
Bright: Off
Crunch: Off
EQ Low: 4
EQ Mid: 5
EQ High:
Rhythm Post: 3
Lead Pre: 7.5
EQ Low: 7
EQ Mid: 3.5
EQ High: 5
Lead Post: 3
Resonance: 6
Presence: 6
Resonance: 4
Presence: 7

Sound: Metalcore
Model: 5150 II
Rhythm Pre: 0
Bright: Off
Crunch: Off
EQ Low: 0
EQ Mid: 0
EQ High:
Rhythm Post: 0
Lead Pre: 8
EQ Low: 7
EQ Mid: 7
EQ High: 8
Lead Post: 0
Resonance: 0
Presence: 0
Resonance: 10
Presence: 5

Sound: REALLY DECENT CLEANS on the Rhythm Channel

Model: 5150
Input: 1
Rhythm Pre: 2.5
Bright: On
Crunch: Off
Rhythm Post: 5
Lead Pre: 6
Lead Post: 2.5
EQ Low: 6
EQ Mid: 6
EQ High: 8
Reverb: 0
Resonance: 4.5
Presence: 8

Sound: Misery Signals Tone

Model: 6505+
Rhythm Pre: 3
Bright: Off
Crunch: Off
EQ Low: 8
EQ Mid: 4.5
EQ High:
Rhythm Post: 5
Lead Pre: 6.5
EQ Low: 6.5
EQ Mid: 3.5
EQ High: 7
Lead Post: 5
Resonance: 9
Presence: 7.5
Resonance: 9.5
Presence: 8.5

Linkin Park - No More Sorrow

Gain: 6.5
Treble: 10
Mids: 7
Bass: 8.5
Reverb: 2

Ray Toro - My Chemical Romance

Gain - 10
Bass - 6
Mid - 4
Trebble - 6
Rever - 2

Matt Bellamy of Muse

Gain - 10
Bass - 4
Mid/Contour - 7
Trebble - 8
Reverb – 1

I have some official (pulled from John Petrucci's actual Mark IV's) settings for the Chaos In Motion
Tour/Systematic Chaos.

Pentode and Simul class on

RH1 gain: 6.5 (pulled bright)
RH1 Treble: 6
RH1 Bass: 4
RH1 Mids: 3
RH1 Presence : 5
RH1 Master : 5

RH2Gain: 10 (pull fat)

RH2 Bass: 4
RH2 Treble: 3
RH2 Mid: 6.5
RH2 Presence: 6
Master: 4.5
Graphic EQ on

Lead Channel:
Lead Gain: 8 (pulled fat)
Bass: 4
Mid: 5
Treble: 6.5
Drive: 10 - I cut it back to about 8.5 and pull it to give it a fatter tone with more guts which gives you a better
simulation of petruccis tone as he uses 2 Mark IV's, and I'm just giving the settings for one of them.
Presence: 2.5
Master 3
Graphic EQ on

The EQ is set to a sharp V with the high and low frequencies just below the top line, the low-mid and high-mids
are just above the middle line, and the mids are just above the bottom line.

Chad Urmston of State Radio:

Fender Hot Rod Deville
Volume - 2
Drive - 9
Treble - 7.5
Bass - 8.5
Middle - 5.5
Master - 2.5
Reverb - 4.5
Presence – 7

runchy. Are you sure you are listening to the Beatles.

But if you are looking crunchy.

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
Treble: 3
Middle: 10
Bass: 10
Prescense: 10
Gain: about 5
Use a Les Paul guitar with not to much output in the pups and select both!

Joe Perry of Aerosmith

Gain: 5.5
Treble: 2
Mid: 7
Bass: 2
Volume: Full

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 5
Gain - 2-3

I have to argue with that Jack White setting

Gain: 8
Trebble : 10
Mid : 6/7
Bass : 1/2/3
Reverb : 6

Faster Pussycat (Wake me When It's Over era):

Gain: 8.5
Bright: ON
Treble: 8
Mid: 3 (If you have a MidBoost in the On position on your amp), 4.5 (If you don't)
Bass: 7
Reverb: 6 (Room-like)
Presence: 10
Notes: Roll your tone Control back to 8 if you have a Bright Switch. If you don't, run it at 10. For Rhythm, Switch to
your Neck Pickup or roll back your tone by about half. If you have a Telecaster, roll your tone back to about half if
you have a bright switch, with it up all the way and on the neck pickup for Rhythms; if you don't keep it about
2/3rds of the way up for leads, and turn DOWN to about 0-1 for Rhythms.

I also hit on a great one for Land of Confusion by Genesis. I usedChannel One on my Crate, which is very similar
to a Silverface Fender Super Reverb in tonal qualities, so keep this in mind when EQing it on what you've got:
Land of Confusion by Genesis:
Gain: 0-1
Mid Boost: ON
Treble: 10
Mid: 6 (w/ Mid Boost), 7.5 (w/o Mid Boost)
Bass boost: ON
Bass: 7 (w/ Boost) 8.5 (w/o)
Reverb: 6 (Keep in mind this is 6 on a Super Reverb-like amp)
Presence: 10
Notes: Run a cranked up compressor with these settings to help tighten up and smooth out the sound. Also to
make it get that crisp bite, use an OD with the tone control around 6 (on a TS9) and the drive on about 2.

The Mick Thomson Slipknot tuning is B F# B E G# C# instead of B F B E G# C#

Double Drop D with this amp setting

Gain-5
Mid-3
Treble-4-5
Bass-5-6

Nine Inch Nails (pretty hate machine)

gain 5
low 9
mids 2-3
high 7

for broken era and downward spiral era tones, boost the mids slightly and bring gain up to 8-9, hope this works
well for you

my ultimate setting for my homemade class a valve amp are

Gain: 7/10
Bass:4.5/10
Mids:8.2/10
Treble:9/10
Effects: (if needed) smigeon of phaser
other information: wide up volume to 5/10 (realy loud!!!) to get better output potential from valves
Coheed and Cambria

Second Stage Turbine Blade

Mid: 2-3
Bass: 7
Treble: 8

In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3

Mid: 5-6
Bass: 7
Treble: 8

I REALLY want Chuck Schuldiners distorted AND clean sound.

Preferably the clean tone on the intro to Lack Of Comprehension and the distortion for the same song when it
kicks off.
I have a Jackson KVX10,Boss MT-2 and Vox AD30VT.
Boss Mt-2 settings would be cool too THANX!

I don't have the MT-2 so you're on your own there,

but for the amp, here's how I play it

Treble: 7
Mids: 6
Bass: 7

sounds great, just tweak your pedal and gain/drive to whatever sounds right.

second stage turbine blade and in keeping secrest of silent earth if u cant find them on the page then here

Coheed and Cambria

Second Stage Turbine Blade

Mid: 2-3
Bass: 7
Treble: 8

In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3

Mid: 5-6
Bass: 7
Treble: 8

I use the Clapton setting, but it doesn't give enough high end out and you can't hear higher range notes when you
do them with a lower note, like:

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-3-3-6b6b6b-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3----|
G|-3-3-3-3-3----|
G|-3-3-3-3-3----|

Matt Bellamy on Blackholes

Gain: 10
Bass: 2.5
Mids: 10
Treble: 10
Effects: Fuzz distortion, and sustain pickup.
Other Info: it needs tweeking (mostly more bass) depending on song but this hits the spot for the later parts in
Take A Bow

Tom Scholz Of Boston

I'm doing this On boss GE-7

100-0
200- +5
400 +10
800 +15
1.6k -5
3.2k +5 1/2
6.4k 0
Level 0.

Make your amp setting flat. and have your gain at about 2:00. if your using a boss Sd-1 or the like turn down the
tone to about 9:00. add a touch of reverb. you now have the guitar sound of Peace of mind

Ive got a rili nice coheed and cambria - the suffering kinda tone Here are the settings :
presence: 6
Resonance: 6
Chanell: Lead
Treble: 6
Mid: 7
Bass: 7
Gain button : in
Gain : 6

Im playin through an epi les paul custom with stock pickups on the bridge pickup
Tone nob on guitar : 4-5

My Chemical Romance (old)

Gain : 8
Treble : 8
Mids : 4
Bass : 3

The Gazette
bass : 8
mid : 7
treble : 6

Atreyu
Gain : 8
Bass : 8
Mid : 2,5
Tremble : 9
Eric Johnson clean tone (much in the style of Manhattan)

Treble: 4
Mids: 7
Bass: 9
Reverb: A fair amount, maybe about halfway up on the reverb knob.
Delay and maybe some slight trem to taste.

Dirty eric johnson sound.

Treble:4
Mids:8
Bass:8
reverb:7 or 8 just a lot lol.
use the bridge/middle position on your strat.

Ben Weinman of DILLENGER ESCAPE PLAN

Treble = 8=9
Midrange =6-7
Bass =6-7
Gain =8 1/2
Recomended pedal types would be a metal muff or a Silverdragon.

Three days grace amp settings:

Gain:8
Bass:7
Mids:8
Treble:7
Prescence:3
Reverb:5

Bearing in mind they use diezels...but with some vintage marshalls, its possible to get a similar tone with these
settings

Found a GREAT Franz Ferdinand Setting:

I'm using a Peavey Backstage 30 30w Tube, a Dunlop CryBaby, and an EHX USA Big Muff Pi:
Amp (Not in O'clock):

Volume: 10
Master Volume: at about 2
Bass/Low: about 6
Middle: 8
Treble/High: 10

CryBaby/Wah: On, in toe-down position (Boosts treble)

Big Muff Pi (In O'clock)

Volume: Full (Duh!)

Tone: Between 1 and 2 o'clock
Sustain: about the same as Tone, if not a tad lower. And a SMALL tad, at that.
Guitar:
Set to Bridge pick-up (I've got a dual humbucker)
Tone: 10
Volume: 10
dying fetus and six feet under(death metal) setting
I'm come up with this one which is alright but needs work
Obviously High gain setting

Gain: 9.5
Bass: 6.5
Mid: 3.5
or if have sweep(mid frequency) have mid: 4 and mid freq: 3.5
Treble: 5

still needs work I know so if anyone has any other ideas they would be appreciated

Matt Bellamy of Muse

Treble - 8/9
Middle - 5
Bass - 6/7
Gain - depends on the song, usually 7 or 8

Willie Adler from Lamb of God

Gain: 7
Bass: 3-4
Mid: 4
Treble: 9-10

Breaking Benjamin:
Level: 5 - 6.
Gain - 7.
Bass: 8.
Mids: 5.
Treble: 7.
Presence: 9.

Megadeth -
First three albums is:

Mids - 6
Treble - 6
Bass - 4
Gain - 6 1/2

Rust In Peace - Risk:

Mids - 5
Treble - 6
Bass - 5
Gain - 5 1/2

UA:
Mids - 4
Treble - 6
Bass - 6
Gain – 5
Kirk Hammett’s actually settings on his signature Randall RM100kh. (These are 100% correct.)
All settings in the 'o'clock' format.

Kh1/Clean.
Gain: 10:30.
Bass: 10:30.
Middle: 1:30.
Treble: 1:45.
Level: 3:30.

KH2/Rhythm distorted.
Gain: 11:30.
Bass: 2:45.
Mid: 10:30.
Treble: 3:30.
Level: 1:00

KH3/lead.
Gain: 2:00.
Bass: 12:00.
Mid: 9:30.
Treble: 2:30.
Level: 10:30-11:30.

Master.
Presence: 2:00.
Density: 3:00.
Effects: 7:00.
Master vol.: 1:00.

Those are the settings he uses live in stadiums. So be careful about the volume, as I can imagine it's loud.

FOR FUN
I just made this, but try it out if you have the pedals. It requires a Boss Harmonist HR-2 (used simply for dual
output) Overdrive OD-3 (or something like it) and a Fuzz FZ-5.

Amp settings:
Channel - Clean
Treble - 8-10
Mid - 8-9
Bass- 7-8
Reverb: your choice.

Fuzz pedal settings (Fuzz mode F):

Volume - 1 o'clock
Boost - Maximum

Overdrive pedal:
Volume: 11 o'clock
Drive: Maximum
Tone: Maximum
Harmonist settings: What you will. It's not really important. Again, it's only used because it has a stereo output.
Input the guitar to the HR-2. Then hook up one of the other pedals Output A and the other still Output B.
Make sure to have the OD in Amp Input 1 and the FZ in Amp Input 2. Typically on most amplifiers, the first input is
louder, and that compensates for the OD's lowered volume.
AMP INPUT 1 <----------- OD-3 <------------|
HR-2 <-------- GUITAR
AMP INPUT 2 <----------- FZ-5 <------------|
I'm really not sure how to describe the sound you get. You have a warmer overdrive with a suppressed fuzz blow-
out behind it. It's very difficult to explain without first hearing it. All I know is that I'm using it for the rest of forever.

Slaytanic1993, after looking at your profile, what are the chances of a setting for Jerry Cantrell's Degradation Trip
album and an Opeth tone?
Specifically for the Watershed and Ghost Reveries albums, but any settings are welcome.
Jerry Cantrell's
JC: Gain - 7, Mids - 5, Bass - 6, Treble - 6
Opeth: Watershed = Gain - 6, Mids - 7, Treble - 6, Bass - 3 1/2. For GR, just back off the treble and mids.

Quote:
As my one of my old guitar teachers used to say, "Metal really comes from classical music. The only difference
is pinch harmonics, double bass, and lyrics about killing goats.

I found a pretty good Josh Homme-esque tone. I have a "different" amp (I'm referring to my Gorilla, not the
Peavey), so you may have to configure differently. Also, I was playing my full-hollow Ibanez Artcore.

I had my guitar in C Standard ( low to high: C F Bb Eb G C), here were my settings:

Guitar:
Volume knobs : Both at 10
Neck tone: About 5-6
Bridge Tone - 7-10

Amp:
Volume:10
Master Volume: To taste/need
Gain (Tube Stack for me) : just a hair before 7

High Boost : Off

Treble: 6
Mid Boost: On
Middle: 10
Bass: 6
Reverb: 2.5

Sounded great to me, I know there are like two or three different Queens of the Stone Age/Josh Homme settings
up here, I even copied them down (I've got like 4 pages of settings form this whole thread, took me like an hour).

Also, anyone looking for a good rockabilly/clean tone, I've got one right here:
Guitar volumes: 7-8
Neck Tone: 5-6
Bridge Tone: 10

Amp:
Volume: 7-10
Master: Not crazy loud, I go 2-3 on my 150w Gorilla combo
Gain/Tube Stacl: 0 (If you need some clip, never go above 2)
Hi Boost: On
Treble: 10
Mid Boost: Off
Middle: a tiny bit past 5
Bass: 8
Reverb: 3

Also, make sure that if you have a delay pedal to set it to blend at about 10-11 o'clock, delay time at about the
same (or to whatever you're playing, triplet feel like in "Sleepwalk" or 16th note like in "Welcome to the Jungle",
whatever). The feedback should not exceed 2 or 3 "slaps", but it's more fitting for one slap, as it isn't "slapsback".
I found an awesome Brian Setzer tone, straight from the man himself in an interview in Guitar Player in
1993:

Gain: 0
Volume: 4-5
Treble: 8
Middle: Not stated, but anywhere from 0 to 5 is good, I use it at like 3 or 4
Bass: 1/2
Reverb: I use it at about 3

Slapback delay: just a single echoing note (slap) just after the first, set it to the Rock This Town 0-4-5-6-7-
6-5-4 progression on the D string.

id just like to say, that the parkway drive tone isn’t all that accurate. with my vk, i tried it out, and didn’t sound very
correct at all. i find the best parkway drive tone with:
bass:8
trebble:6
mid: 3
presence:10
resonance:2
tubescreamer7: hot mode, level:10, drive: 0, tone:0

Dire Straits Brothers in Arms Tone:

Crunch: 7/8
Bass: 8
Mid: 6/7
Treble: 8
Effects: A Tiny bit of Reverb

Allen Collins

Gain: 2
Bass: 6
Mids: 8
Treble: 10
Overdrive Level : 4
Other Info: i find it better to use a neck pickup, or the mid position

Angus Young:
gain:2-3
treble:5
middle:5
bass:5
reverb:2
(this setting works best with a SG)

Eric Johnson
settings for overdrive pedal:
gain:8
tone:0
settings for delay pedal:
time:380
feedback:4-3
level:1-2
settings for reverb pedal:
type:hall
time:5
predelay:10
tone:2
level:5
ampsettings:
treble:2
middle:5
bass:5
presence:1

Coheed and Cambria

Mid: 2-3
Bass: 7
Treble: 8
Mid: 5-6
Bass: 7
Treble: 8

Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) uses

presence 6
bass 7
mid 5
treble 6.5
master 3.5
preamp/gain 7

Originally Posted by mcraddict81592

*MCR*

Cut your mids ever so slightly, like so:

Treble: 4
Mids: 3
Bass: 4 1/2

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcdossett65

*InFlames

Uber mid cutting going on here.

Treble: 6
Bass: 7
Mids: 3 1/2.

R.I.P. Charles Michael "Evil Chuck" Schuldiner

B. May 13 1967 - D. December 13 2001

FATHER OF HEAVY DEATH METAL - CHARLES SCHULDINER DEAD WAY TOO YOUNG
heavy metal
gain: 7
bass: 8
mid: 4
treble: 6
Opeth-y distortion out of my Laney VH100R with no GT-6
Gain: Roughly 6 or 7.
Bass: 3 1/2
Mids: 7
Treble: 5-6

Tyler Mills
Gain: 10
Treble: 5
Mid: 11
Bass: 9
Effects/Other: Boss DS/1 and Boss DS/2 both on full gain

Tyler Mills New Sound (Better Than the ****ty one I posted)
Treble: 10
Mid: 8
Bass: 5
Gain: 10
Effects: Boss DS/1 and DS/2, DS/1 : Full Gain DS/2: Half Gain

metallica
bass - 10
middle - 5
treble - 6
reverb - 2

Slipknot, go for...

Gain... 10
Bass... 8
Middle... 6
Treble... 8
Reverb...2

DIO HOLLY DIVER

gain 7
bass 6
mid 4
treb 7

metal tone – SOME GOOD STUFF HERE!!

distortion channel
gain:7-8
bass:6
mid:3-4(5-7 sounds cool with metal leads)*
treb:8
rev:0
res:4
pres:6-7
* boosting the mids to 5-7 was really nice with a little less gain like 5-6
for like a "i just bought the new Metallica cd" old school thrash sound
distortion channel
gain:9
bass:5
mid:3-4
treb:6
rev:2
res:5
pres:7-8
at least these work for me let me know if any more valve king setting you have

Carlos Santana BLACK MAGIC WOMAN

Gain:9
Bass:6
Mids:5
Treble:7
Reverb:3

or boc on a valve king id say

gain:6
bass:6
mid:5
treb:5
rev:5
res-3
pre:5
texture:0
i use this with sabbath and foghat

machine head
bass:8
mid:3-4
treb:6-7
to get thos cool sounds rob does get a chorus pedal and set the rate real high not all the way but high and turn the
tone to a nice between high and lows not too much of either

detklok amp(valveking)
bass:9
mid:1(3-5)*
treb:10
rev:5
res:7
pres:9
texture:10
gain button pushed in

Jari setting from my 5150

Pre: 6
Low: 7
Mid: 4.5
High: 6
Resonance: 8
Presence: 6

Lamb of God Tone

Here it is again
Bass=4
Mids=4
Treble=9
Drive=7
Rob Arnold from Chimaira's settings
RHYTHM:
PRE: 7
LOW: 8
MID: 4
HIGH: 6
POST: 2.5
RESONANCE: 7
PRESENCE: 8

LEAD:
PRE: 8
LOW: 6
MID: 8
HIGH: 7
POST: 2
RESONANCE: 8
PRESENCE: 8

Dave Murray - Iron Maiden

Gain - 8
Bass - 8-9
Mid - 6-7
Treble - 5
Presence - 4

Quite good for Piece of Mind, To Tame a Land especially, or anything off Dance of Death

Megadeth
Gain - 8
Bass - 9
Mid - 5
Treble - 7

(\__/)
(='.'=) This is Bunny
(")_(")

Tool
Bass: 4
Mid: 4
Treble: 8
Gain: 7.5

This is incorrect. Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way but it should be:

Bass: 7
Mid: 10
Treble: 8.5
Gain: 6
Adam Jone's sound is very strange, don't deny it and try to fix it. He pumps the crap out of his mids not only on his
amp but also with an eq. He basically boosts everything above the 3rd slider on his 7band eq.

Opeth Leads tone.

Gain: 9.5
Bass: 6
Mids: 5
Treble: 4.5
Reverb: 1
Presence: 10
Other Info: This is based off my amp, seen in my sig. The tone is almost identical to the leads in Serenity Painted
Death, and the rest of the Still Life album.

Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

CLEAN
Bass - 10
Mid - 7
Treble - 7

RHYTHM
Bass - 6
Mid - 8
Treble - 8
Gain - 7

LEAD
Bass - 10
Mid - 6
Treble - 9
Gain - 9
Resonance: 8
Presence: 9

Scars on Broadway Clean

Gain: 10
Bass: 3
Mids: 4
Treble: 7

Scars on Broadway Distortion/ Newer System of a Down sound

Gain: 9
Bass: 4-5
Mids: 5
Treble: 6

Old System of a Down

Gain: 9-10
Bass: 10
Mids: 4
Treble: 6.5

Death TSOP era tone (it can be used for any metal, as I use it with my band)
Gain Channel
Gain: 7-9 (8 for Death)
Bass: 8.5
Middle: 3.5
Treble: 8
Contour (On): 6
Master
Low-Res: 10
Reverb: 1.5 for rhythm, 3-4 for leads

A good scooped metal tone, modeled after Death's Symbolic era

Gain Channel
Gain: 9
Bass: 8.5
Treble: 8
Middle: 3
Contour (ON): 3.5
Master
Low-Res: 10
Reverb: 1.5

A good Jazzy clean tone, doesnt sound as good downtuned.

Clean Channel
Bass: 8
Middle: 6
Treble: 7
Master
Low-Res: 10
Reverb: 10

AWESOME Lead tone with my Mesa Kind of a mix between Satch, Petrucci, and Di Meola

I boost it with a Tubescreamer (Level 10, drive 0)

Output level- 3
Master channel volume- 5
Gain-8
Treble-5 3/4
Mid- 5 1/2
Bass- 4 1/2
Presence - 0
Reverb- 3

Graphic Eq (Makes ALL the difference):

80- a smidge under the top
240- about 1/4 above the middle line
750- right in the middle
2200- same mark as 220
6600- 1/2 under the middle line

John Frusciante tone - no pedals.. Just straight guitar to the amp using the clean, OD 1 and OD 2 channels and
Clean:
Gain = 2.5
Volume = 8.5
Bright Button = IN
Bass = 9
Mid = 7.5
Treb = 6.5
Presence = 8

OD1:
Gain = 4.5
Volume = 7.5
Scoop Button = OUT

OD2:
Gain = 7.5
Volume = 8
Scoop Button = OUT
Bass = 6
Mid = 2
Treb = 8
DFX:
Chorus (11)
Both knobs at 10/MAX

Kevin Saale's lead tone: Blues Jr.

EQ at 6/12
volume 4/12
Master 10/12
reverb 2-3/12
Fulltone Fulldrive 2
volume at 12 o clock
tone at 11 o clock
overdrive at 12 o clock
boost at 1 o clock
vintage mode, mosfet engaged, boost engaged
bridge and neck pups on Jimmie vaughan strat, texas special in neck quarter pounder in bridge 500k pots

ALL AROUND GOOD TONE!!

Gain:4
Bass:6
Mid:4
Treble:7
Reverb:4

ADAM JONES OF TOOL

Bass 8
Mids 10000 (crank em')
Treble 8.8
Gain 6
Reverb: a little bit

In Flames settings for Whoracle or Jester Race album - low, mid, high, gain, reverb, contour
low-4
mid-7
high-10
gain-10
contour-2
reverb -3
metal

WHITECHAPEL
PreAmp Gain - 7
Bass - 6.5
Middle - 4.5
Treble - 7.5
Master Volume - 2.5
Presence - 5.5
Can't read last knob – 3

LANEY AOR SETTINGS

“Plexi”
Guitar: Les Paul

“Normal” Channel
Preamp Volume 1: 6.5
Preamp Volume 2: 8.5
Master Volume:4-10
Treble : 5
Middle: 7.8
Bass: 4-6
Presence: 5-6
Reverb 1-10

Notes: All EQ’s pulled under 4 on the master volume.

“Van Halen Sound”
Guitar: Les Paul

“Normal” Channel

Preamp Volume 1: 6.5

Preamp Volume 2: 8.5
Master Volume: 5-10
Treble: 5.5
Middle: 6
Bass: 4.5
Presence: 5.5
Reverb: 6-7

Notes:
All EQ’s pulled. Boost with SD-1 Volume: Full Tone: 9 o’clock Drive: 9:30

80’s Rock
Guitar: Strat or Les Paul

“AOR” Channel.
Preamp Volume 1: 7
Preamp Volume 2: 8.5
Preamp Level 1: 8.5-10
Master Volume: 2-8
Treble: 5
Middle: 6.7
Bass: 5
Presence: 6.5
Reverb: 1-10
Notes: Clean Boost with an SD-1 for solos, Pull all EQ’s under 5 on the master volume. Use a bit of delay.
Metal Sound
Guitar: Les Paul
“AOR” Channel.
Preamp Volume 1: 7
Preamp Volume 2: 8.5
Preamp Level 1: 8.5-10
Master Volume: 2-8
Treble: 2
Middle: 6.5
Bass: 2
Presence: 2
Reverb: 1-10

Notes: Boost with an SD-1 Volume: full Tone: wherever you like Gain: 9’oclock

Yngwie Settings(from his website, don't remember where on it)

Bass-0
Mids-10
Treble-10
Volume-10
Presence-4

Lamb of God
Channel: Insane

Gain: 3
Bass: 2
Mids: 2.4
Treble: 1

BLINK182
Bass=8
Treble=8
Mid-5

Distortion(i use a boss ds-1)

Tone-5/6
Level-5
Drive(or i think it might say distortion idr)-all the way up

Whitechapels amps

For the 6505 it looks like:

Rhythm Pre:0
Lead Pre:6
Low:6
Mid:5
High:5.5 - 6
Rhythm Post:0
Lead Post:3
Resonance:6
Presence:9

Kirk Hammet tone with my MD-2

Amp:
Clean channel (if applicable)
Gain 7-8
(Guestimating these next three since i'm currently stuck on a bass amp)
Low 7
Mid 3-4
High 7-8
This covers the cleans.
Distorted:
Pedal- Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
Volume: 6.5 (this varies, set so you can kinda hear the clean tone underneath the distortion at the same volume
as with the pedal off)
tone: ~5.5
bottom: ~5.5
Dist.: 6.5
Gain Boost: 8.5
Motorhead -

Gain - 8
Treble - 9
Bass - 3
Mids - 6

Amon Amarth -

Gain - 6-8 depending on your amp

Treble - 5
Bass - 7
Mids - 5 ½

TYPICAL PUNK

Gain - 3-5
Treble - 7
Mids - 7
Bass – 2

GNR MORE GUNS AND ROSES

treble-7+
bass-12+
mids-4+
Hotrod distortion-full(my personal favorite

stack
treble-9+
Bass-12+
mids-5+

for GnR go to page 1-4 on this thread

MEMBER OF THE 7TH LEGION

disturbed= digitech grunge or amp
treble-7.5
bass-10
gain-8
volume/level-4 or 5. after that with your pedal use the amp
it sounds correct except for the bass part
they play it in drop c i only tune down to drop d
E string down a step
This is for every line 6 user who is going oh my god why does the clean tone sound so empty

put it on the red clean

drive- 8-10
bass-7-8
mid-0-2
treble 8-10

just fiddle till you find one you like

The devil wears prada setting:

i was searching for it too but never found it
Amp Settings:
Gain- 10
Bass- 7
Mid- 4
Treble- 9
Vol- anywhere from 4-10, however loud you want it

Guitar Settings:
Vol- 10
Vol 2 (if any)- 10
Tone- 8
Tone 2 (if any)- 2

It depens on what kind of tone you want, i use it on max mostly of the time i just change it for specific songs, like
blues, some hardcore and metal. So it depends on you i really dont know how it works perfectly but sometimes it
helps getting the tone like the setting i made for the devil wears prada, i use the guitar knobs only for "dogs can
grow beards all over" but in other song i dont use them ( i use them on max). I hope it helped somehow and
please someone who knows how they work perfectly TALK.

Avenged settings:
syn- just crank on all the distortion u have!
8 bass
3 mid
10 trebel
10 gain

zacky- again, put it to ur most distorted channel

10 bass
5 mid
8 treble
10 gain

system of a down
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)

Steve Morse Dist/Overdrive Channel

Gain: 8
Treble: 6.5 - 7
Mid: 7.5
Bass: 4
Reverb: 2.5 - 3

Effects if needed: Distortion/Overdrive, Light Chorus or Delay (80-180 ms), Heavier Delay (200-400 ms), Volume
Pedal, Wah Pedal, Compression, POSSIBLY octave

WHITE ZOMBIE
Gain 8-9
Bass 7-8
Mid 3-4
Treble 5-7

Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb

BASS: 10
MIDDLE: 6.5
TREBLE: 10
GAIN: 1.5

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE

gain- 2-3
treble 6-8
middle 0-2
bass 6
reverb 2-3

Really thrashy.
Gain: 10
Bass: 10
Mid: 7
Treble: 9
Presence: 10
Tiny Bit Of Reverb

Chuck Berry Tone:

Gain -- 6 to 7
Bass -- 7
Middle -- 4 to 5
Treble -- 10
Reverb -- 4 to 5

John Mayer
Bass 10/10
Mid 6/10
Treble 4/10
Presence 6/10
With a strat on neck pickup through my Fender Blues Deluxe this gets me a tone almost identical to
Gravity.

Paul Gilbert - I Cannot Tell a Lie Tone

Gain: 7
Bass: 4
Mid: 5
Treble: 6.5
Reverb: 4
Presence: 7
Neck Pickup

METALLICA SETTINGS BY ALBUM

Kill Em All
G: 8
B: 8.5
M: 1.5
T: 10
Ride The Lightning
G: 7
B: 5
M: 1
T: 10
Reverb: 2
Master of Puppets
G: 7
B: 6
M: 3
T: 7
Reverb: 1
And Justice for All
G: 8
B: 9
M: 0
T: 10
Reverb: 2
Metallica (BLACK ALBUM)
G: 9
B: 8
M: 1
T: 6
Reverb: 4
Metallica (BLACK ALBUM CLEAN)
Clean Channel
B: 3
M: 3
T: 8
Reverb: 2

Neil zaza tone

gain: 6
treble:6
bass:5
middle:8
with some phaser

Petrucci tone clean

Gain: 6
Treble: 6.5
Middle: 3.5
Bass: 3

Dist
Gain: 6
Treble: 6
Middle: 6
Bass: 4.5

Sweet home Alabama

Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 5
Gain - 2-3

Tool
Bass: 4
Mid: 4
Treble: 8
Gain: 7.5

Iron Maiden
Drive - 7
Treble - 9
Mid - 7
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Use your bridge humbucker - I find this tone to be excellent for Maiden - The Trooper, Hallowed especially

buckethead
Bass: 5-6
Mids: 5-7
Treble: 7-8
Presence: 6

found a couple of links to a plethora of eq settings

mesa boogie rectifier series

http://www.grailtone.com/tone-setti...o-settings.html
peavey 5150 (I, II, & III) and 6505 (standard & +)
http://www.wolfgangregistry.com/515...p-settings.html
This is the one I always use for TDWP
TDWP settings
Amp Settings:
Gain- 10
Bass- 7
Mid- 4
Treble- 9
Vol- anywhere from 4-10, however loud you want it

Guitar Settings:
Vol- 10
Vol 2 (if any)- 10
Tone- 8
Tone 2 (if any)- 2
The RHCP ARE ALLLL WRONG!!!!
it should be
Gain- around 4
Low- Full
Mid- 7
High- 4

Hysteria
Treble: 6
Middle: 9
Bass: 4
OR
Treble: 6
Middle: 4
Bass: 9

Megadeath
you can try this:
Gain: 9
Bass: 9
Mid: 7
Treble: 8

Motorhead
Settings were something along the lines of
Bass: 3 or 4
Mid: 7
Treble: 10
Gain: 8

That could be wrong.

If it is, I'll repost the other setting when I find it again.

Edit:
I was close.
Motorhead -

Gain - 8
Treble - 9
Bass - 3
Mids – 6

Kill em' All - Master of Puppets era

Black album era
Justice for all era
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

Lamb of God
Here's what I use:

Treble - 8
Middle - 7
Bass - 6.5

Treble - 8-9ish
Middle - 5-6
Bass - 7-8

Try something like that.

Depending on what kind of amp you have, you may have to lower the mids and/or bass. But this tone works for
me when playing LOG stuff.

On my 5150, for ATR, I use

Gain - 10
Bass - 7
Middle - 4-5
Treble - 8
Presence - 6.9
Resonance - 9

But that’s when I have it at bedroom level.

Randy Rhoads Style

Bass; 2
Mid; 5.5
Treble; 6.5

TOOL Adam Jones runs on his Diezel head.

Gain: 50%
Treble: 90%
Mid: 100%
Bass:40% or 80%

Okay, as far as that or in the bass section, that's because I have seen some debate. I know the gain, treble, and
mids are right. But I've seen two seperate sources and one says the bass is at 40% and the other says it's at 80%.
My theory is that he runs one of his diezels with the 40% and the other diezel has it at 80%. Basically, to try to
emulate his sound, you're gonna have to crank the mids, back off the treble a little, gain around half way
(depending on the type of amp you are using), and you'll just have to fiddle with the bass. I usually do the bass at
80%, but sometimes the 40% sounds alright. You just need to mess around with it all.

IN FLAMES
on a peavy 5150

In Flames:
Lead Pre - 6.5
Low - 7
Mid - 5.5
High - 6.5
Res - 7.5
Pres - 6.5

synyster gates
Bass:8
Mid:6
Treble:7
Gain:9
Reverb:0

welcome to the jungle total setting:

Rhythm Slash
http://www.mediafire.com/?jjyyawjrrjn
Clean Chords (Bridge)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ywhgn1kzozw
Solos
http://www.mediafire.com/?3tyzncznmwy

JOHN MAYER YET AGAIN

my settings for a mayer kind of tone are like this

Amp: Vox AC30H2L (not his amp, but still)

volume: cranked, control gain with guitar volume
treble: 7
bass: 8
mids: (n/a on my amp, but on others would be around a 6)

jack white with the raconteurs his settings on his twin and super are
V-8
T-6
M-6
B-8
R-3
Bright switch OFF

Amon Amarth was already posted in this thread.

Gain - 6-8 depending on your amp

Treble - 5
Bass - 7
Mids - 5 ½

Paramour flyleaf rise against coheed and cambria amo tone: (depending on amp)

noise gate: on
gain booster: on
drive: 6 - 6.5
treble: 10
mid: (second stage turbine blade) 2 - 3
(in keeping secrets of silent earth: 3) 6 - 7
(good Apollo vol. 1) 8 - 9.5
(working on good apollo vol. 2)
bass: 8 - 9 (albums and pickups mine is 9 usualy)
chorus/flange: (depends on if you want it or not but if you do) 0.5 works for welcome home
reverb: (i sometimes use this but to me sounds better without) 3

synyster gates amp tone (from what i have)

although it sounds a little off so this is just a basic idea you can fiddle around with

noise gate: on
gain booster: on
drive: 6 - 6.5
bass: 8
mid: 3 - 4
treble: 9 – 10

Gary Moore tone i found on my VT30:

Gain: 10
Volume: 10
Treble: 6
Middle: 5
Bass: 3
Reverb: 6
Master Volume: 10
Power Attenuator: 0 (ie minimum)
Noise Reduction: 0
Channel: AC30BM
Preset mode: Orange

Obviously the settings would be completely different on another amp, but if you have any of the VT range,
these settings are good for a Parisienne Walkways/The Loner tone...

Dead Kennedys

Gain:7
Treble:6
Medium:8
Bass:5
Reverb: it depends the song

NOFX (older/Liberal Animation)

Gain:7.5
Treble:4
Medium:9
Bass:6

Chuck Schuldiner settings:

Chuck Schuldiner on Symbolic-
bass 5OCLOCK, middle 1:30, treble 3:00, contour 1:30, volume 12:00, reverb 12:00
Chuck Schuldiner on The Fragile Art of Existence-
gain: max , bass:1:30 , middle: 9 , treble: 3 , contour: 9 , volume: noon.

Eh you don't have to take the volume into consideration. Doesn't effect the tone as long as everything
else is good.

LAMB OF GOD
Morello's setup from RATM days is as follows (this is 200% correct)
Marshall JCM 800 Modell 2205 50-Watt Head & Peavy 4x12 cabinet
Digitech WH-1 Wammy
Boss DD-2 Digital Delay
Dunlop Crybaby Wah
Ibanez DFL-10 Flanger
DOD FX40B Graphic Equalizer - everything is flat, only gain is higher.
He uses this when he needs to go louder

In his current setup he swaped Ibanez flanger with MXR Phase 90 and there is Boss TR-2 Tremolo

As far as amp settings go I play it like this

Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 4
Reverb – 0

coheed and cambria is progressive..but they do it as i found out from him telling vox his amp settings (brilliant
channel with full everything). so with a peavey id say between that and these four:

gain 7-8
bass 7-8
mid 4
high 10
pressence about 8
1-4 reverb.

the same but mid about 2 and the first one but gain full and the second or even first with 8 treble..

Mark knopler settings

Clean
Bass- 8
Treble-10
Mid-0
Some Reverb

Avenged Sevenfold
Low - 7
Mid - 6
High - 8
Drive - 10 (on a Boss DS-1)
Reverb - 2 or 3

I only have a small laney amp with mid, drive , treble and bass. I want to get a Unholy confessions like sound. Any
advice?

Might aswell post my current mark III settings:

volume: 8
treble: 7(pulled)
bass: 3
mid: 5
master: 3.5(pulled for deep)
gain: 7.5
lead master: 5
presence: 3
sliders: 80 and 240 just above halfway, 750 aroudn the bottom line, 2200 inbetween the middle and bottom line,
640 just below the middle line.

This will give you an awsome JP like crunch tone. The trick is to get the master above 2.5. Below that the amp still
sounds ok, but it's a bit fizzy and muddy.

I'm using a blackstar ht-5 and so far all I got is

ISF: 5.5
Treble: 6
Middle: 5
Bass: 3.5
sharpshoot3r07 a7x would be (as ive said before)

gain 6.5-8 (Depending on your amp. zacky uses 10 or just the neck pickup)
bass 7
mid 3-4 (three is the official i believe..not sure though)
treble 9-10 (9 is the official setting)
reverb 0 (or depending on the song 3 or 4)
presence 8 (if you have it)

syn uses bridge pickup until the solos usually..usually when hes doing sweep picking, it makes a "cleaner" sound
zacky uses bridge pickup on different settings or if you're lazy you can use your neck pickup the entire time.
@diceksox1809 i usually use

gain 6.5 (or for heavier songs like welcome home 10)
mid 3 or 7, depending on the song (most of the time im using 4)
bass 7-8 (most of this dpends on your amp and the choice of mid)
treble 10
reverb 3-4

@Hidden Hippo ive posted an a7x tone above. although for zacky you switch the treble with the bass and maybe
put bass at 8 or 10. or just use the neck pickup the whole time. but most of a7x solos syn uses neck pickups. if this
doesnt help id probably say play around with the bass mostly. but it should work it's pretty much their official tone.
the tone ive posted is pretty much perfect for me and make sure you're playing unholy confessions right because it
usually helps to know it right because the intro is fairly confusing.

if any of you notice coheed and a7x's tones are similar as with the settings, it really depends on your amp and the
songs. THEY ARE NOT 100% THE SAME! and if they do not work for either bands you can always try and fiddle
around with these as if these were just basic gerenal direction and example. i have my amp saved to:

gain 6.5
bass 7
mid 4
treble 10
reverb 3-4

as its very similar in a lot of music i play (Rise against, a7x, coheed and cambria,) although the only "exact
settings" are the ones ive described in the a7x and the one i use (which is actually rise against's exact tone unless
you have their actual amp then it would be full treble, 6-6.5 gain, 0 bass, 9 mid and the rest ive already said) as for
the other things i have said its generally based on my ear for tones while ive been playing and fiddling around. its
not 100% perfect but its just a generalization, simplified. etc.

as for pedals i only really have a distortion and a tuning pedal, but i generally only use the distortion pedal as a
gain boost and its not the greatest, especially with my amp. but i usually just turn the distortion at 7 o clock (0),
tone at 1-2 o clock (6-7) and level at about 11 o clock (4)..if your amp does not have any type of built in distortion i
would have to say use that as a basic idea for distortion pedal and have the distortion set between 6.5-10

i hope this helps you a little bit in finding the tones for both bands

GRUNGE
overdrive: put like 9 or 10
Bass: put like 4-5
Mid: put like 3-4
Treble: 7

you don't really need to add more bass because you have a lower pickup which you can switch to for a "chunkier"
sound
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http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/less...ndamentals.html for any help on playing fast/better

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Reverb – 2
Would that tone setting help in 'Whole Lotta Love' Solo?
Starting at 2:24 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k&ob=av2n
I've wanted to get Jimmy's tone so badly. I have so far:
Lefty Fender Squier set to bridge pickup
volume- max?
neck tone - 4?
bridge tone - full
Vox Wah set toe down (the wah adds tons of treble)
Vypyr 15 (plexi amp model, since he used plexi marshall, with overdrive)
Treb - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Gain? There are 2 gain knobs, pre-gain and post gain.
Reverb? There are 3 knobs for reverb, 2 control the delay and the 3rd is just
called reverb.
Would turning up the amps volume all the way and turning the guitar down get
a cranked sound?

here's a setting for a "shoegaze" wall of sound:

Fender Deluxe 57, vol: 60%, treb: 100%, mid: 50%, bass 100%, gain: 50%
Lexicon Hall Reverb: Level: 70%; Liveness: 100%; Decay: 25%; Predelay: 25%
Small Clone chorus: Depth: 70%; Rate: 15%
Digitech Modulated Delay: Level: 100%; Depth: 100%; Repeats: 60%; 400 ms
Digitech Compressor: Level: 45%; Attack: 57%; Tone: 75%; Sustain: 80%
MXR+ Distortion: Level: 60%; Gain: 75%

http://www.chain-metal.nl/mark3/fro...=20&g4=30&g5=40
My main setting for dream theater type stuff and other heavy stuff. scooped the high frequenties a bit to
compansate for the harsh nature of the green striped mark III. Works well at bedroom level but the mark II realy
shines when you put the master on 2.5+(which is ****ing load). Clean isn't that great
http://www.chain-metal.nl/mark3/fro...=20&g4=30&g5=40
Main setting for my punk band. pretty much the same setting as my other, but backed down on the volume, treble
and a tiny bit on the gain to tighten things up. Awsome tight and crunchy sound and a clean that's pretty usefull.
master at 2.5+ recommenden, but works well at bedroom levels.
http://www.chain-metal.nl/mark3/fro...=10&g4=40&g5=55
fun setting for the metallica tones on the master of puppets album(stole these setting from a website). Sounds
awsome, but putting the master on 5 is just batshit insane. setting doesn't work well at bedroom levels
Hero settings (Fortress album):

High Gain/Lead Channel/ect.

(I'd suggest guys with modelers play around with the higher gain channels to see what they prefer)
Bass- 5-6
Mids- 7-9
High - 6-8
Gain- 7-9

PtH uses a variety of amps so these settings are completely a "ballpark" thing. Also, these settings are dependant
on your rig (Amp and Guitar) as well. Use them as a guideline.
Boosted mids are a must for a PtH sound.

WASP

metal red
gain: 8
basss: 6-9
mid: 8
treble: 8
reverb: 5-8 depending on song
gain full
red (digital) delay full

done on a Line6 Spider IV but still think the 5 basic settings can be good help

Greg Johnson
Gain: 8
Contour:6
Treble:8
Middle:5
Bass:4
Presence:7
Reverb:3.2

For Bloody Tears (Only one I know very well) I've got my fender bullet 150 amp set to
Gain 6
Treble 10 (may be a bit high, I like the sound though)
Mid 5
Bass 6
And my effect knob has no numbers but it's in between the R and the U in CHORUS. Not very helpful, I know, but
I can tell it has SOME chorus effect.
I always play every song on neck pickup but bridge would probably be closer.
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
Try amp voicing 13 or 14 with bass in the middle, mids a little over halfway and treble up a lot. Unless you have a
very bright guitar in which case put the treble around the same place as the mids.
MCR use very even EQs and with average distortion on their amps and distortion pedals and fuzz pedals in front
of the amps. So really what you need is a fuzz pedal to add on top. If you don't want to get a fuzz pedal then using
one of the higher gain voices should be okay to make-do. But like I said a lot of it depends on the guitar too, MCR
use weird guitars. Lots of dark-sounding bodies but with bright-sounding pickups and vice-versa.

This is more of an effect identification question than a settings question, does anyone recognise what effects are
being used on this solo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D37POA11KY#t=2m16s
Obviously there's some reverb and delay but I don't know what else is going on there. To me it sounds like it could
be a little bit of flange, a little chorus, a bit of phaser, a rotery effect - I can't really tell the difference, I know it must
be something along those lines but I don't know what exactly.
Bump for 90's Greenday or Blink 182
Gain:9
Treble:10
Mid:8
Bass:5
Reverb:3

full heavy rock sound on a 5150

Turn the gain down to about 5-6 max!!
Bass- 6
treble-6
Mids-4-6

THRASH TONES
I have the JCA20 Head and a Bad Monkey, actually!
Try something like this:
Jet City : Gain: 5 /Bass : 4.5/ Mids: 6/ Treble 4.5/ Volume & Pres.: to Taste
BM : Level: Cranked. / Low & High : noon / Gain: Low, if any.
That should give you a good starting point.

ZAPPA COMMENTS
zappa used a TON of gear throughout his career. he also used very obscure gear and setups.

i would be pretty hard pressed to give any 'generic' settings for his gear. i saw in your thread (that got shut down)
you were specifically looking for settings for inca roads and hot rats era.

if you are trying to capture the solo for inca roads, i have heard him use a envelope follower (which is a type of low
pass filter that is sensitive to your playing dynamics), this gives that bubbly vocal tone, give it a bit of gain with a
mids bump for this tone. i have also heard him use chorus/flange style effects on the solos, use a clean tone and
roll off on the high end just a bit so the tone isn't too harsh.

for hot rats, i believe he was using marshalls right around this time (this would be a marshall JMP. mind you, the
EQ shelves for these marshalls is pretty bass heavy, so roll off a bit of low end and maybe bump the mids.

whenever i do zappa tunes, i pretty much just do what i want. i really don't worry about copying his tone, and my
variations end up sounding pretty good. for example, this is a cover of black napkins i did

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/...sic/play1129670

i used a '69 twin, an amp he never used*. i used a telecaster styled guitar, a guitar he never used*. and on the 2nd
solo i used a univibe effect, an effect he never used* i think the version actually came out pretty good.

also, i do versions of the muffin man. i use a quite a bit of dirt on my versions, while he tended to use a cleaner
tone than you'd think.
Bottomline: you don't need to worry about copying his tone too much to do covers of his music.
* - to the best of my knowledge, he did not use this kinda gear.

HENDRIX
MG100HDFX Beast settings
Voodoo Child
OD1
Gain : 2 (hendrix version) or 5 (SRV/malmsteen/orishitty version)
Bass : 6
Mids : 6
Treb : 3.7
Contour : 2.3
Volume : whatever you want