Amp settings

Jimi Hendrix of Jimi Hendrix Experiance
Gain - 4
Treble - 5
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Reverb - 5

John Petrucci of Dream Theatre
1)Clean Channel:
Preamp Mode: Rhythm 1 Yellow
Gain: 6
Treble: 6.5
Middle: 3.5
Bass: 3
Lead 1 Drive: 0
Lead 2 Drive: 0
Master: 5.5
Presence: 8
Dynamic Voice: 7
Power Amps set on Deep And Modern

2)Main Distortion Channel:
Preamp Mode: Lead 1 Red
Gain: 6
Treble: 6
Middle: 6
Bass: 4.5
Lead 1 Drive: 4.5
Lead 2 Drive: 0
Master: 4
Presence: 6.5
Dynamic Voice: 6.5
Power Amps set on Deep And Modern

3)Lead Channel:
Preamp Mode: Lead 2 Yellow (MarkII Lead Sound)
Gain: 7.5
Treble: 4.5
Middle: 4
Bass: 5.5
Lead 1 Drive: 0
Lead 2 Drive: 6.5 Master: 6
Presence: 0
Dynamic Voice: 3

4)EFFECTS CHAIN:
Clean Sound - basic chorus sound
Lead Sound - 602 and 460 millisecond delay with 3 repeats
Crunch - 26 milliseconds delay

Tom Morello of Audioslave/Rage Against the Machine
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0

Eric Clapton of Eric Clapton
Gain - 7
Teble - 5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence - 8

Mick Thompson of Slipknot
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 8
Mid - 7
Bass - 8
Reverb - 2
Note tuning of B F B E Gsharp Csharp (low to high)

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 4
Bass - 3
Reverb - 2

Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
Gain - 6
Treble - 4
Mid - 3
Bass- 9
Reverb - 4

John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 2
Bass - 6
Reverb - 7

Kirk Hammet of Metallica
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 2
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2

Keith Richards of Rolling Stones
Gain - 4.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 6.5
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 1.5
Note use of open G tuning, D G D G B D (low to high)

The Edge of U2
Gain - 1.5
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 3
Reverb - 8.5

Brian May of Queen
Gain - 8.5
Treble - 4
Mid - 9
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 4
Note Brian famously uses old sixpences to pick the strings of his guitar.

Jack White of The White Stripes
Gain - 8
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Prescence - 8

Slash of Guns N' Roses
Gain - 6.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence ? 8

Justin Hawkins of The Darkness
bass- 6
treble-8
mid-8
gain-7
reverb-5

Dimebag Darrel of Pantera
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 9
Reverb ? 0

Billie Joe Armstrong (newer) of Green Day
Drive - 6
Treble - 10
Mid - 8
Bass - 5
Reverb ? 3

Billie Joe Armstrong (older) of Green Day
Gain:9
Treble:10
Mid:8
Bass:5
Reverb:3

Dave Sullivan of Iron Maiden
Drive - 7
Treble - 9
Mid - 7
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Use your brigde humbucker - I find this tone to be excellent for Maiden - The Trooper, Hallowed especially


Gary Moore of Thin Lizzy
Bass 7
Treble 7
Mids 8-10
Gain 5-7 depends on song
Coutour at 3-4 not so high to suck the mids but not os low to sound crappy
maybe a splash of reverb
Neck pickup

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters
Distortion:8
Treble:7
Middle:5
Bass:3
Reverb:3 (room)

Joe Walsh of Eagles
Treble: 7
Bass:3
Mid: 4
Master:3
Reverb:2
Presence:3

Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins
For songs like 1979:

Bass: 8
Mid: 7
High/Treble: 6
Pickup Position: 2 or 4 (Strat)

For heavier songs like Zero or Jellybelly:

Bass: 10
Mid: 4
High/Treble: 8

Use a thick heavy distortion with medium tone and a lot of sustain.

Clapton "woman", of Cream
Gain (2)
Bass (10)
Mid (10)
Treble (5)
Reverb (1)

Use it with a double Humbucker Guitar, and select both

Angus Young of AC/DC
Gain - 5
Treble - 10
Mid - 10
Bass - 5

Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Treble - 5
Mid - 10
Bass - 5
Gain - 2-3

Mark Tremonti of Creed/Alter Bridge
Gain:10
Treb.:6
Mid.:3 or 4
Bass:7
Presence:6

Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
Treble: 7
Mid: 7
Low: 5

Daron Malakian of System of a Down
Amp Used: Crate VFX5212
Gain: 8
Treble: 6-7
Mids: 3-5
Bass: 10
Presence: 8
Note the use of Drop D down 1/2 step (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

Gain - 7 or 8
Bass - 6
Middle - 6
Treble - 6
Channel - Overdrive

Kirk Hammett of Metallica
Gain - 9
Bass - 7
Mids - 2
Treble - 10
Reverb - 3
Channel - Distortion

Kirk Hammett 2 of Metallica
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 2
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Channel - Distortion

Mick Mars of Motley Crue

Gain - 3
Bass - 2-3
Contour - 2-3
Treble - 10
Channel - Overdrive

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 4
Bass - 3
Reverb - 2
Channel - Overdrive

Kurt Cobain - Chorus Effect bits of Nirvana
Effects/Other - Ibanez CF-7 Pedal
Speed- 10
Depth- 5
Delay Time- 0 or 1.5
Regen- 3

Mick Thompson of Slipknot

Gain - 9-10
Treble - 8
Mid - 7
Bass - 8
Reverb - 2
Effects/Other - Tuning of B F B E G# C# (low to high)
Channel - Distortion

Noel Gallagher of Oasis

Gain- 5.5
Volume- 10
Treble- 7
Middle- 5.5
Bass- 4.5

Ray Davies of The Kinks

Gain- 7.5
Volume- 10
Treble- 10
Middle- 6
Bass- 4

Steve Jones of Sex Pistols

Gain- 7
Volume- 10
Treble- 8.5
Middle- 6
Bass- 4

Alex Laiho of Children of Bodom
Treble: 9
Mid: 4
Bass: 7
Gain: 8
Reverb: 4
(on guitar)
Tone: 10
Pickup: Bridge

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
Bass: 10
Middle: 6.5
Treble: 10
Gain: 1.5

or

Gain-2-3
Treble- 7-8
Mids- 9-10
Bass- 5-6
Reverb- 60-70%

Mark Tremonti of Creed/Alter Bridge
Gain: 7
Bass: 6
Mids: 4
treble: 7.5
Reverb: 1-2

Carlos Santana of Carlos Santana
gain 7
treble 10
mid 6
bass 5
reverb 2

Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains
Gain 6-7
Treble 6-7
Mids 5-6
Bass 5-6
Reverb 3

Joe Perry of Aerosmith
Gain: 5.5
Treble: 2
Mid: 7
Bass: 2
Volume: Full (used Fenders in the early days and switched to music Man during the Toys era, now uses a mixture)

Pete Willis of Def Leppard
Gain- 4
Bass-4
Mid- 5
Treble-7
Reverb-4

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top
Treble: 3
Middle: 10
Bass: 10
Prescense: 10
Gain: about 5 (crunchy type of sound)
Use a Les Paul guitar with not to much output in the pups and select both!

Buckethead of Buckethead
Bass: 5-6
Mids: 5-7
Treble: 7-8
Presence: 6

Boost clean channel with an OD
Tone: 5-6
Volume: 5-8 (have it boost the volume of the amp a little)
Distortion: 0

Randy Rhoads of Black Sabbath
Gain 7
Bass 7
Mids 7
Treble 10
Reverb 0

Clapton of Cream
Prescense: 10
Treble: 10
Middle: 10
Bass: 10
Gain: 5

Stevie Ray Vaughan of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Low 10 (full)
Mid 7.5
High 5

Steve Vai
Clean:
Treble: 8
Mid: 5
Bass: 4

Lead:
Presence: 6
Treble: 6
Mid: 7
Bass: 7
Gain: 8

Sublime
General
Treble 9-10
mid:0
bass: 7
with a hint of chorus...on clean

Buckethead
Bass: 5-6
Mids: 5-7
Treble: 7-8
Presence: 6

Slayer
Gain: 7
Treble: 7
Mid: 2
Bass: 9

Kerry King
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 6-7
Reverb – 3

A
AC/DC - Angus Young - General
Gain - 5
Treble - 10
Mids - 10
Bass - 5
Channel - Overdrive

Audioslave - Tom Morello - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 10
Mid - 4
Bass - 4
Reverb - 0
Channel - Overdrive


B
Black Label Society - Zakk Wylde - General
Gain - 10
Treble - 4-6
Mid - 4-6
Bass - 10
Presence - 2
Channel - Distortion

Black Sabbath - Tommy Iommi - General
Gain - 7 or 8
Bass - 6
Middle - 6
Treble - 6
Channel - Overdrive


C
Cream - Eric Clapton - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence - 8
Channel - Clean

: For 'Them Bones' I usually use this:
: (1-10)
: Gain - 4
: Bass - 8
: Mid - 4
: Treble - 7

For Man In The Box I play:
Gain-6
Bass-9
Treble-10
High-8
chorus,distortion,and crybaby all on
chorus settings:
depth-4
range-8

D
Darkness, The - Justin Hawkins - Solos
Gain - 7
Treble - 8
Mids - 8
Bass - 6
Reverb - 5
Effects/Other - Tube Screamer
Channel - Overdrive

E

F

G
Guns 'n' Roses - Slash - General
Gain - 6.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 7
Bass - 7
Presence - 8
Channel - Overdrive

H

I
Iron Maiden - Janick Gers - General
Gain - 10
Treble - 10
Mid - 8
Bass - 5
Reverb - 0-1

J
Jimi Hendrix - General
Gain - 4
Treble - 5
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Reverb - 5
Effects/Others - Neck Pickup
Channel - Overdrive

K

L
Led Zepellin - Jimmy Page - General
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 3
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Channel - Overdrive

Led Zepellin - Jimmy Page 2 - General
Gain - 4-6
Treble - 9-10
Mids - 4
Bass - 1-2
Reverb - 4
Channel - Overdrive
Effects/Other - Bridge Humbucker


M
Metallica - Kirk Hammett - General
Gain - 9
Bass - 7
Mids - 2
Treble - 10
Reverb - 3
Channel - Distortion

Metallica - Kirk Hammett 2 - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 2
Bass - 7
Reverb - 2
Channel - Distortion

Motley Crue - Mick Mars - Dr. Feelgood and others.
Gain - 3
Bass - 2-3
Contour - 2-3
Treble - 10
Channel - Overdrive


N
Nirvana - Kurt Cobain - General
Gain - 7
Treble - 7
Mid - 4
Bass - 3
Reverb - 2
Channel - Overdrive

Nirvana - Kurt Cobain - Chorus Effect bits
Gain - N/A
Bass - N/A
Mids - N/A
Treble - N/A
Reverb - N/A
Effects/Other - Ibanez CF-7 Pedal
Speed- 10
Depth- 5
Delay Time- 0 or 1.5
Regen- 3


O

P

Q
Queen - Brian May - General
Gain - 8.5
Treble - 4
Mid - 9
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 4
Effects/Other - Brian famously uses old sixpences to pick the strings of his guitar.
Channel - Overdrive

R
Red Hot Chili Peppers - John Frusciante - Soft Rock songs (eg. Under the Bridge, Californication)
Gain - 4
Treble - 8
Mid - 2
Bass - 6
Reverb - 7
Channel - Clean

Rolling Stones - Keith Richards -General
Gain - 4.5
Treble - 4.5
Mid - 6.5
Bass - 5.5
Reverb - 1.5
Effects/Other - Open G tuning, D G D G B D (low to high)
Channel - Overdrive


S

Slash - Sweet Child Of Mine
Gain - 6
Bass - 4
Mids - 7-8
Treble - 10
Reverb - 2
Pickup - Neck
Tone Knob - 4.5

Slipknot - Mick Thompson - General
Gain - 9-10
Treble - 8
Mid - 7
Bass - 8
Reverb - 2
Effects/Other - Tuning of B F B E G# C# (low to high)
Channel - Distortion

T

U
U2 - The Edge - General
Gain - 1.5
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 3
Reverb - 8.5
Channel - Overdrive

V
Van Halen - Eddie Van Halen - General
Gain - 6
Treble - 4
Mid - 3
Bass- 9
Reverb - 4
Channel - Overdrive

W
White Stripes, The - Jack White - General
Gain - 8
Treble - 7
Mid - 5
Bass - 8
Prescence - 8
Channel - Overdrive

Where there's two effects for the same person, that's where there was two different submissions. Try them both and see which one you like better.

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