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 · 4 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Ibanez Iceman (custom IC series)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop_c
Marshall JCM800 (100W head)
Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
Shure SM57
Marshall JCM800 (100W head)
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
6
Mid
7
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
7
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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