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Psychosocial Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Slipknot
Slipknot · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Jim Root Telecaster (prototype, white or black, as used on All Hope Is Gone)
Pickups
EMG 81 (bridge), EMG 60 (neck) active humbuckers
Amp
Orange Rockerverb 100 blended with Diezel Herbert (studio recording, All Hope Is Gone era)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2008 (All Hope Is Gone). Jim Root used his signature Telecaster prototypes with EMG active pickups. Amps were Orange Rockerverb 100 and Diezel Herbert, blended via Little Labs PCP Instrument Distro. No evidence of additional pedals for the riff section; Maxon TS808 was used for solos, not rhythm. Mick Thomson used Rivera KR-7 for his parts, but Root's rhythm tone is the focus here.
Amp Settings
Mids4.5
Bass6
Gain8.5
Reverb1
Treble7
Presence6.5
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- scooped mids
- aggressive palm muting
- high-gain saturation
- articulate low end
- cutting high end
- compressed and focused
- modern metal clarity
- minimal ambience
- high output, active pickup punch