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 · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Ibanez MTM1
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
Noise Gate
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800'
Plate Reverb
Noise Gate
← Noise gate
Threshold
6dB
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro
Drive
1.5
Tone
5.5
Volume
8.5
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800'
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (Thomson)
Gain
8
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6.5
Presence
7
Plate Reverb
← Studio ambience (minimal)
Decay
0.2s
Predelay
8ms
Mix
0.1
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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