Guns-N-Roses
Devices Used:
Les Paul Standard Marshall 6100 LM (30th Anniversary)
1960A cab w/greenbacks
(I know Slash actually used 25th Anniversary Marshalls with Vintage Speakers, but this is the equipment I've got.) p.s. Slash's actual stage settings for his signature amp are in the accompanying manual (ask you marshall dealer to see the manual to take a peek!)
Sound Description:
I was going to go out and buy a "Slash" Marshall until I noticed my 6100 was set to the 50watt mode, changing it back to 100w made all the difference! This sound setting is VERY similar to G-n-R with a little more gain. The Preamp volume is set louder than the preamp gain - this gives that driving sound. My guess is this would sound even better with a Power brake and the Master Volume turned up a bit.
Settings:
LP standard into
Marshall 6100 LM (Set as follows) -
Master Vol: 1 (bedroom level)
Low comp: out
Presence: 7
Effects: n/a
Setting for Channel 3 -
bass: 9
mid: 5
treb: 5 1/2
Vol: 6
contour: off
Gain button: off
Gain: 4 1/4
Kevin
Death Crunch
Devices Used:
Marshall 6100 30th Anniversary Head Alesis Quad 2
Sound Description:
The settings to follow are to get that "hollow-sounding" Death Crunch!
Settings:
On channel 2 (main rhythm channel) Gain at full (of course, needs to be as dirty as you can get it) Treble at 8, (kill)Mids at 0, Bass at 9 Master Vol on the amp at 5, Channel 2 vol (compensate...let the channel do the work, not the power here) Presence at 8. and I use an old Alesis Quad 2 Para EQ set at the classic "gull-wing" pattern to achieve even more crushing lows. This setting will give you That classic "DEATH TONE" without too much mud! If too muddy for your liking..start adding in some mids little by little.
Ken
Vintage JTM45 w/ wah and fuzz box
Devices Used:
Humbucking pickups
GCB95 Crybaby Wah
Boss DS-1
Marshall 6100LM head (w/ Svetlana EL34's)
Digitech Studio Quad v2
Marshall PB100 Power Brake
Marshall 1960A (w/ 4 Celestion 25w Greenbacks)
Sound Description:
This setup was initially modeled after Joe Satriani's live rig, though I have tailored it to my liking:
To me the sound is very similar to Joe's:
"The Forgotten - Part 2"
>From "Flying in a Blue Dream"
With this setup you can get a fantistic "throaty" gain that can be easily varied with the guitar's volume knob. It cleans up well. The Brake allows volume attenuation while allowing you to drive the valves hard and saturate the amp's output transformer. The crybaby offers extreme presence suitable for coaxing a very controllable feedback and harmonics. The Digitech routing allows use of the amp's effects Mix control (for DSP) while the compression limits the peaks from the Crybaby as well as increases the sustain. This is the most noiseless setup I've ever used.
Settings:
Humbucker pickups into:
GCB95 Crybaby Wah into:
Boss DS-1:
Tone @ 9 o'clock
Dist @ MAX
Level @ 1 o'clock
Into MS 6100LM head:
Ch. 2 (mode A)
Low Comp = In
All ch. knobs @ MAX
Presence @ 4
Master Vol @ 10
Power Tube Mode = Pentode
Power = High
Damping = Auto
Loop Level = In
Parallel Loop = In
Line Input Activation = In
Master FX send/Return into Digitech Studio Quad v2:
Input/Output #1: Chorus/Delay module (w/ fdbk into chorus)
Series loop Send/Return into Digitech:
Input/Output #2: Compression module (light comp preset)
Spkr Output into Marshall PB100 Power Brake:
Set @ 3 o'clock
Brake Output into Marshall 1960A cab loaded with 4 Celestion 25w Greenbacks.
Tom Ricigliano
