No. 1342008·nu-metal·6 blocks
Psychosocial
The crushing drop-A riff from All Hope Is Gone. Per Mick Thomson's 2008 Guitar World interview, the rhythm tracking was a Marshall JCM800 2203 with a Maxon overdrive in front — the boost set low to tighten the very low tuning, not to add gain. Jim Root's side blended an Orange Rockerverb 100 with a Diezel Herbert. Cut with Dave Fortman at Sound Farm in Iowa, the tone is a tight, mid-present Marshall high-gain built to keep the low A articulate.
All Hope Is GoneSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Ibanez MTM1
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
Noise Gate
Booster
Lead
Plate
Noise Gate
← Noise gate
Threshold
55dB
Release
20s
Level
0
Booster
← Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro
Drive
15
Bottom
40
Tone
55
Level
85
Lead
← Marshall JCM800 2203
Gain
8
Volume
6
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Presence
7
Master
6
Plate
← Studio ambience (minimal)
Time
3ms
PreDelay
10ms
Tone
4
EffectLevel
4
Engineer's note
File 134
The crushing drop-A riff from All Hope Is Gone. Per Mick Thomson's 2008 Guitar World interview, the rhythm tracking was a Marshall JCM800 2203 with a Maxon overdrive in front — the boost set low to tighten the very low tuning, not to add gain. Jim Root's side blended an Orange Rockerverb 100 with a Diezel Herbert. Cut with Dave Fortman at Sound Farm in Iowa, the tone is a tight, mid-present Marshall high-gain built to keep the low A articulate.
— Mick Thomson
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