No. 1241996·progressive-metal·6 blocks
Stinkfist
The opener of Ænima and the song that set Tool's mature guitar sound: a 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst in Drop D into Adam Jones' twin-amp wall — a Diezel VH4 supplying the bottom and gain, a modified Marshall Super Bass adding the upper-mid grind and clean-up — through Mesa 4x12s. The intro and clean verses breathe through a Boss BF-2 flanger swirl before the chorus drops into a thick, mid-focused crush. Jones uses almost no gain stacking; the weight comes from the Drop-D Les Paul, the amp blend, and his slow, deliberate picking.
ÆnimaSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1979 Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Studio Comp
Das Benzin Lead
4x12 Recto V30
Digital Delay
Filter Tilt
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate
Threshold
-52dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
0.4
Level
0dB
Das Benzin Lead
← Diezel VH4 (Channel 3)
Drive
7
Bass
7
Mid
9
Treble
5
Presence
6
MV
7
Cut
4
4x12 Recto V30
← Mesa/Boogie 4x12 (Celestion V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Time
450ms
Feedback
3
Mix
0.1
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 124
The opener of Ænima and the song that set Tool's mature guitar sound: a 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst in Drop D into Adam Jones' twin-amp wall — a Diezel VH4 supplying the bottom and gain, a modified Marshall Super Bass adding the upper-mid grind and clean-up — through Mesa 4x12s. The intro and clean verses breathe through a Boss BF-2 flanger swirl before the chorus drops into a thick, mid-focused crush. Jones uses almost no gain stacking; the weight comes from the Drop-D Les Paul, the amp blend, and his slow, deliberate picking.
— Adam Jones
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