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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1979 Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Lead
Flanger
Delay
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate
Threshold
52dB
Release
30s
Level
0
Lead
← Diezel VH4 (Channel 3)
Gain
80
Volume
60
Bass
70
Middle
95
Treble
50
Presence
60
Master
60
Flanger
← Boss BF-2 Flanger
Rate
25Hz
Depth
60
Level
60
Delay
← Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Time
450ms
Feedback
12
EffectLevel
14
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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