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Language I: Intuition Guitar Tone Settings — The Contortionist
The Contortionist · 2010s+ · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Strandberg Boden 7 (likely OS7 or custom shop, as used by Cameron Maynard in 2014)
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Sentient (neck), Nazgul (bridge) humbuckers
Amp
Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II (amp modeling, likely using a clean Fender or Roland JC-120 style patch)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup (Seymour Duncan Sentient)
Studio recording, 2014. The Contortionist are known for using Axe-Fx II for both live and studio work during the 'Language' era. No evidence of traditional tube amps on the studio recording for clean sections.
Amp Settings
Mids5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Chorus pedal (model unknown) · chorus
- Delay pedal (model unknown) · delay
- Reverb pedal (model unknown) or amp reverb · reverb
Strandberg Boden 7 → Chorus → Delay → Reverb → Axe-Fx II (clean amp model, digital reverb)
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Tone Character
- crystal-clear cleans
- lush and ambient
- full sounding clean sound
- chorus shimmer
- spacious and open
- modern progressive metal clean
- articulate note separation
- slightly compressed
- rich stereo spread
- no audible drive or breakup