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Wild Eyes Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive · 2010s+ · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
ESP E-II Horizon NT-7B (Luke Kilpatrick signature, 7-string, used for Atlas era)
Pickups
EMG 81 (bridge position, active humbucker)
Amp
Orange Dual Dark 100 (profiled in Kemper Profiler for studio recording)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording for 'Wild Eyes' (Atlas, 2012); guitar and amp confirmed by Premier Guitar rig rundown; Kemper Profiler used to capture Orange Dual Dark 100 tone; EMG 81 bridge pickup is the core of the heavy rhythm sound.
Amp Settings
Mids4.5
Bass6
Gain8.5
Reverb1
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- Noise gate (model unknown) · noise_gate
ESP E-II Horizon NT-7B (EMG 81 bridge) → Noise gate → Kemper Profiler (Orange Dual Dark 100 profile, minimal digital reverb)
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- scooped mids
- aggressive palm muting
- high-gain saturation
- articulate attack
- low-end punch
- razor-sharp EMG 81 bridge pickup
- minimal ambience
- dense, layered rhythm guitars
- modern metalcore clarity