Famous Guitar Player Amp Settings 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 Sullivan 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. Clapton "woman", of Cream Gain (2) Bass (10) Mid (10) Treble (5) Reverb (1) Use it with a double Humbucker Guitar, and select both 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 Kirk Hammett of Metallica Gain - 9 Bass - 7 Mids - 2 Treble - 10 Reverb - 3 Channel - Distortion Kirk Hammett 2 of Metallica Gain - 7 Treble - 7 Mid - 2 Bass - 7 Reverb - 2 Channel - Distortion Mick Mars of Motley Crue Gain - 3 Bass - 2-3 Contour - 2-3 Treble - 10 Channel - Overdrive
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana Gain - 7 Treble - 7 Mid - 4 Bass - 3 Reverb - 2 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 Black Sabbath Gain 7 Bass 7 Mids 7 Treble 10 Reverb 0 Clapton of Cream Prescense: 10 Treble: 10 Middle: 10 Bass: 10 Gain: 5 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 Buckethead Bass: 5-6 Mids: 5-7 Treble: 7-8
Presence: 6 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) Audioslave Tom Morello Gain 7 Treble 10 Mid 4 Bass 4 Reverb 0 Rush Gain - 6 Bass - 8 Mid - 6
Treble – 4 Neil Young Bass: 5 Middle: 10 Treble: 10 Presence: 10 Gain: 5 Steve Vai Clean Channel Settings #1 Reverb 0 Treble 9 Mid 5 Bass 3 Clean Channel Settings #2 Reverb 0 Treble 8 Mid 4 ½ Bass 4 Lead Channel Settings #1 Presence 6 Treble 6 Mid 8 Bass 7 ½ Drive 9 Lead Channel Settings #2 Presence 6 ½ Treble 6 ½ Mid 6 Bass 7 ½ Drive 8 Lead Channel Settings #3 Presence 6 Treble 6 Mid 6 Bass 7 Drive 8
Lead Channel Settings #4 Presence 6 Treble 6 Mid 7 Bass 7 ½ Drive 8 Adam Gontier/Barry Stock of Three Days Grace Gain: 7 Treble: 10 Middle: 2 Bass: 2 Reverb: 6 Channel: Overdrive Joe Satriani 1.) Gain 7 Treble 6 Mid 10 Bass 6 Reverb 1 2.) gain: 7 Treble: 6 Middle: 3 Bass: 6 Reverb: 0 (Distortion) 3.) Gain: 6 Treble: 7 Bass: 9 Mids:0 Lynyrd Skynyrd Treble - 5 Mid - 10 Bass - 5 Gain - 2-3 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 Metallica Drive: 7 Treble: 8 Middle: 3 Bass: 3 Reverb: 2 (Clean) 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