GuitarDistortedRiff
Intolerance Riff Guitar Tone Settings — TOOL
TOOL · 1990s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard (Adam Jones's silverburst, 1979)
Pickups
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB (bridge humbucker), original neck humbucker
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 1990s revision, rackmount)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, Undertow album (1992-1993). Adam Jones is known for using his 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst with the bridge pickup for heavy riff sections. The amp for the album was primarily a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier. No evidence found for live or alternate gear for this specific song/section.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass6
Gain7
Reverb1
Treble6.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Noise Gate (model unknown) · noise_gate
Gibson Les Paul Standard (bridge pickup) → Noise Gate (model unknown) → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (light spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- saturated distortion
- articulate attack
- focused low end
- slightly scooped mids
- aggressive metallic edge
- minimal ambience
- crushing power chords
- clear note separation
- dynamic to picking attack