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Stricken Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Disturbed
Disturbed · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
PRS Custom 24 (likely 2000s model, as used by Dan Donegan in studio)
Pickups
PRS HFS Treble (bridge) and Vintage Bass (neck) humbuckers
Amp
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (studio recording amp for 'Stricken')
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2005; Dan Donegan is known to use PRS Custom 24 guitars and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amps for Disturbed's 'Ten Thousand Fists' era. No direct source confirms the exact serial/model, but this is consistent with all available interviews and gear rundowns for the album. No evidence of live gear or alternate guitars for the main riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids4.5
Bass6
Gain8
Reverb0
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- ISP Technologies Decimator ProRack G · noise_gate
Guitar → ISP Decimator ProRack G → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (no effects loop, no time-based or modulation effects for riff)
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- scooped mids
- aggressive palm muting
- chunky low end
- articulate attack
- modern metal clarity
- saturated distortion
- minimal ambience
- no audible reverb
- focused rhythm crunch