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 · 7 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Ibanez MTM1
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
Noise Gate
Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro
Marshall JCM800 2203 (Thomson)
Orange Rockerverb 100 + Diezel Herbert (Root)
Marshall 4x12 / Orange 4x12 (Celestion V30 / G12K-100)
Shure SM57
Noise Gate
noise_gate
Threshold
5dB
Decay
3s
Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro
overdrive
Drive
1
Tone
5
Level
7
Marshall JCM800 2203 (Thomson)
preamp
Presence
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
MasterVolume
7
Preamp
8
Orange Rockerverb 100 + Diezel Herbert (Root)
blend
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
6
Master
6
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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