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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Custom (1979 Silverburst)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_d
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Diezel VH4 (Channel 3)
Marshall Super Bass 100 (blended)
Mesa/Boogie 4x12 (Celestion V30)
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Shure SM57
Boss BF-2 Flanger
modulation
Manual
5
Depth
6
Rate
3Hz
Resonance
6
Diezel VH4 (Channel 3)
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
7
Middle
10
Treble
5
Presence
6
Master
6
Marshall Super Bass 100 (blended)
preamp
Presence
6
Bass
4
Middle
7
Treble
7
Volume
7
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
delay
Time
450ms
Feedback
3
Level
18
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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