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Guitar Amp Settings by Song – Page 3
Original guitar tones, gear, pickups, effects and amp settings for popular songs. New to matching tones? Read the guitar tone guides.
301 tones
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Jimi Hendrix
Guitar · Inferred
Fender Stratocaster used by Jimi Hendrix for the Electric Ladyland studio performance + Warm Fender Bassman studio setup according to Eddie Kramer; some secondary accounts generalize to Hendrix's Marshall live rig
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Deftones
Guitar · Inferred
ESP signature/Horizon-style six-string used by Stephen Carpenter in the Around the Fur era + ADA MP-1 preamp into Marshall 9200 power amp
Riff / RhythmHave to Have You
Ali Louis Bourzgui, Brian Flores, Sean Grandillo, Dean Maupin, Maria Wirries, LJ Benet, Original Broadway Cast of The Lost Boys
Guitar · Best guess
Wherever I May Roam
Metallica
Guitar · Inferred
James Hetfield ESP Explorer with EMG active humbuckers for the main heavy rhythm reference + Black Album layered rhythm architecture centered on Hetfield's Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC++ with additional blended amps
Riff / RhythmAfterlife
Avenged Sevenfold
Guitar · Inferred
Schecter Synyster Gates signature guitar used for rhythms and most solos on the self-titled album + Studio blend of Bogner Uberschall, Diezel and Marshall JVM/JCM800 tones, with the Uberschall central to the heavy sound
Can't Stop
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Guitar · Best guess
Early-'60s Fender single-coil guitar; public accounts disagree between a 1960 Custom Telecaster and a 1962 Stratocaster for the studio riff + Marshall Major/Silver Jubilee-era high-headroom rig is the most consistent period reference; exact Can't Stop studio blend is not definitively documented
Refugee
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Guitar · Best guess
...And Justice for All
Metallica
Guitar · Best guess
4Me 4Me
Malcolm Todd
Guitar · Best guess
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
Guitar · Best guess
Electric-guitar demo/studio layers; exact instrument is not documented in reliable available evidence + Exact recording amplifier is not documented in reliable available evidence
Blind
Korn
Guitar · Inferred
Ibanez (seven-string used on early Korn recordings) + Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier (used by band in era; studio rigs mixed)
Riff / RhythmBulls In The Bronx
Pierce The Veil
Guitar · Best guess
Layered electric guitars from the Collide with the Sky sessions; exact title-track model is not disclosed + Layered high-gain studio guitar rig; exact amp models for Bulls in the Bronx are not documented in the available interview
Cemetery Gates
Pantera
Guitar · Inferred
Dean ML used by Dimebag Darrell for the core Pantera-era electric reference + Randall solid-state Pantera-era high-gain rig
China Grove
The Doobie Brothers
Guitar · Documented
studio electric guitar + studio amp (recording-era Doobie Brothers sources — specifics not documented)
Cinnamon Girl
Neil Young, Crazy Horse
Guitar · Best guess
Drain You
Nirvana
Guitar · Best guess
Entombed
Deftones
Guitar · Inferred
Stephen Carpenter ESP 8-string, Koi No Yokan drop-E-era reference; Chino Moreno also contributes electric guitar on the track + Fractal Axe-Fx II custom Koi No Yokan patch architecture
Feels Like Rain (feat. Bonnie Raitt)
Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt
Guitar · Best guess
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Metallica
Guitar · Inferred
James Hetfield Gibson Explorer-era rhythm reference; exact title-track rhythm guitar is not separately documented + 100W Marshall-based Ride the Lightning studio rig; the band selected a particularly good Marshall in Denmark after their own amps were stolen
Riff / RhythmGo Away
Weezer, Best Coast
Guitar · Best guess
