GuitarCleanRiff
Tear Away Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool · 2000s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
PRS Tremonti (black, used for drop C tuning on Sinner album)
Pickups
PRS Tremonti humbuckers
Amp
Marshall JCM2000 Dual Super Lead 100 (DSL100)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording for 'Sinner' album (2001). Gear confirmed for album era and likely used for clean sections as well as heavy parts. No explicit evidence of alternate guitar/amp for clean section; PRS Tremonti and Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 are the most documented studio gear for CJ Pierce on this album.
Amp Settings
Mids5
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb1.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- clean and chimey
- warm and rounded
- articulate note separation
- slight amp breakup at strong picking
- open and airy
- subtle amp reverb
- no audible modulation
- present mids
- clear attack
- not compressed or saturated