No. 1171998·alternative-metal·3 blocks
Sugar
The spastic, stop-start standout from System of a Down's 1998 self-titled debut — Daron Malakian's manic Drop C riffing whiplashing between thrash bursts and clipped staccato chugs. He cut it on a custom Ibanez Iceman through a cranked Marshall JCM800, with every bit of the grind coming from the amp, not a pedal. Rick Rubin produced.
System of a DownSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Ibanez Iceman (custom IC series)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_c
Noise Gate
Crunch
Reverb
Delay
Noise Gate
← Tight rhythm playing (FRFR essential)
Threshold
50dB
Release
18s
Level
0
Crunch
← Marshall JCM800 (100W head)
Gain
70
Volume
65
Bass
60
Middle
70
Treble
70
Presence
60
Master
65
Reverb
← Studio room ambience
Time
11ms
PreDelay
12ms
Tone
50
EffectLevel
12
Delay
← Subtle ambience
Time
320ms
Feedback
6
EffectLevel
6
Engineer's note
File 117
The spastic, stop-start standout from System of a Down's 1998 self-titled debut — Daron Malakian's manic Drop C riffing whiplashing between thrash bursts and clipped staccato chugs. He cut it on a custom Ibanez Iceman through a cranked Marshall JCM800, with every bit of the grind coming from the amp, not a pedal. Rick Rubin produced.
— Daron Malakian
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