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GuitarBest guess1
My Curse
Killswitch Engage
Tone Snapshot
Pickup: Likely high-output bridge humbucker / active-humbucker-styleTone profile
Gain
Tightness
Brightness
Mid Scoop
Ambience
What makes this tone
- Bright Attack
Signal chain
- Guitar: Likely Adam Dutkiewicz
- Pickup: Likely high-output bridge humbucker / active-humbucker-style
- Effects: Maxon OD808-style boost with drive low
Tone Character
Recorded tone character
Gain character
Dense but articulate metalcore saturation, tightened rather than fuzzed by the overdrive boost.
Bass
Solid and controlled.
Mids
Present enough for the melodic chord/riff structure.
Treble
Crisp and cutting.
Brightness / presence
Forward modern-metal attack.
Compression
Strong but controlled high-gain compression.
Effects
Maxon OD808-style boost with drive low is a longstanding Killswitch technique; exact title-track pedal/amp chain remains conservative.
Evidence / Sources
Tone character: tight, melodic, saturated, articulate, punchy, modern-metalcore
The song's exact studio amp is not promoted from later live rigs. The seed preserves the well-supported Killswitch boosted-high-gain method while keeping instrument/amp specifics estimated.
Effects
Maxon OD808-style boost with drive low is a longstanding Killswitch technique; exact title-track pedal/amp chain remains conservative.
Original Gear
Guitar
Likely Adam Dutkiewicz
Amp
Mid-2000s Killswitch Engage boosted high-gain tube rig
exact My Curse studio amplifier is not securely documented in the sources used here
Channel
High-gain rhythm channel tightened by a Maxon OD808-style clean boost
Pickup
Likely high-output bridge humbucker / active-humbucker-style
