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To Build a Mountain Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Crowbar

Crowbar · 1990s · metal

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
Charvel San Dimas Pro-Mod Style 1 HH FR MF
Pickups
Seymour Duncan humbuckers (likely JB/59 set, as typical for this model and era)
Amp
Peavey 5150
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup

Studio recording, original album release year 1993. Gear confirmed for early Crowbar albums by Equipboard. No explicit pedal or effect chain confirmed for this specific song/section; settings estimated based on genre, era, and amp model.

Amp Settings

Mids
5.5
Bass
7.5
Gain
8.5
Reverb
0
Treble
5.5
Presence
5.5

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Tone Character

  • crushingly heavy
  • thick and sludgy
  • tight palm-muted chugs
  • massive low end
  • saturated distortion
  • aggressive attack
  • dense, wall-of-sound guitar
  • beefy rhythm tone
  • percussive and forceful
  • minimal high-end fizz

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