No. 1372000·nu-metal·4 blocks
Stupify
The chunky, syncopated groove that opens Disturbed's debut. Dan Donegan tracked The Sickness through a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier on the Modern channel — his go-to for years — recording with a Gibson Les Paul Standard even though he played a PRS live. Cut by Johnny K at Groovemaster Studios in drop C#, the tone is tight and mid-present, built for the bouncing palm-mute rhythm rather than speed. Heavy strings keep the low tuning defined under the gain.
The SicknessSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#)
Noise Gate
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier (Modern channel)
Mesa/Boogie Rectifier 4x12 (Celestion Vintage 30)
Shure SM57
Noise Gate
noise_gate
Threshold
5dB
Decay
3s
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier (Modern channel)
preamp
Gain
7.5
Bass
6
Middle
4.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
6.5
Master
6
Engineer's note
File 137
The chunky, syncopated groove that opens Disturbed's debut. Dan Donegan tracked The Sickness through a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier on the Modern channel — his go-to for years — recording with a Gibson Les Paul Standard even though he played a PRS live. Cut by Johnny K at Groovemaster Studios in drop C#, the tone is tight and mid-present, built for the bouncing palm-mute rhythm rather than speed. Heavy strings keep the low tuning defined under the gain.
— Dan Donegan
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