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 · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1979 Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Noise Gate
Search Rig Exchange for 'Diezel VH4'
Flanger
Single Delay
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate
Threshold
5dB
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Diezel VH4'
← Diezel VH4 (Channel 3) + Marshall Super Bass
Gain
7
Bass
7
Middle
9
Treble
5
Presence
6
Flanger
← Boss BF-2 Flanger
Rate
0.3Hz
Depth
0.6
Mix
0.5
Single Delay
← Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Time
450ms
Feedback
0.1
Mix
0.1
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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