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Trivium guitar tone: gear & amp settings

The gear and amp settings behind 46 Trivium songs, researched from rig rundowns, interviews and gear forums. The rig that shows up most: Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string into Peavey 6505+ head.

Guitars Trivium used

  • Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string3 songs
  • Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s2 songs
  • Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-String2 songs
  • Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci JP72 songs
  • Epiphone Les Paul Custom (Matt Heafy Signature, 6-string, likely EMG pickups)2 songs
  • Gibson Les Paul Custom (early 2000s, likely 2002-2004, as used by Matt Heafy on Ascendancy)1 song
  • PRS SE Mark Holcomb (likely, or similar PRS/ESP 6-string with high-output humbuckers)1 song
  • Gibson Les Paul Custom (likely, as used by Matt Heafy on early Trivium recordings and covers)1 song

Amps Trivium used

  • Peavey 6505+ head3 songs
  • Peavey Triple XXX II3 songs
  • Peavey 5150 (Block Letter) head into Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30s2 songs
  • Peavey 5150 or Peavey 6505+ head into Marshall JCM900BV 4x12 cab2 songs
  • Peavey 6505+ Head2 songs
  • EVH 5150 III 100S head into EVH 5150III 100S 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12 EVH speakers2 songs
  • Peavey 6505+1 song
  • Peavey 5150 II (used on Ascendancy album, studio recording)1 song

57 Trivium tones

SongGain
A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation · riff8.5
Like Light to the Flies · riff9.5
In Waves · riff8.5
Rain · riff9.5
Strife · riff8.5
Suffocating Sight · riff8.5
Ascendancy · riff8.5
Bury Me With My Screams · riff9
Dying In Your Arms · riff9
Pull Harder On the Strings of Your Martyr · riff8.5
In Waves · solo8.5
Like A Sword Over Damocles · riff8.5
Six Walls · riff8.5
A Crisis Of Revelation · riff8.5
Beauty in the Sorrow · riff8
Betrayer · riff8.5
Beyond Oblivion · riff8.5
Built to Fall · riff8
Crown In The Grave · riff8.5
Dead Inside Of Me · riff8
Detonation · riff8.5
Dusk Dismantled · riff8.5
Dying In Your Arms · solo8
Ember to Inferno · riff8.5
Endless Night · solo8
Entrance of the Conflagration · riff9
He Who Spawned the Furies · riff7.5
If I Could Collapse the Masses · riff8.5
In The Court Of The Dragon · riff8.5
Like Callisto to a Star In Heaven · riff8.5
Like Light to the Flies · solo8
Master of Puppets (Bonus Track) · riff8.5
My Hatred · riff8.5
Of All These Yesterdays · riff7.5
Pull Harder On the Strings of Your Martyr · solo9.5
Pull Me From the Void · riff8
Sever the Hand · riff9
Shattering the Skies Above (Bonus Track) · riff8
Shogun · solo8.5
Shogun · riff8.5
Strife · riff0
Strife · clean0
The Crusade · solo8
The Crusade · riff9
The Deceived · riff8.5
The Defiant · riff8.5
The Defiant · solo8
The Heart from Your Hate · riff9
The Heart from Your Hate · clean0
The Heart from Your Hate · solo8.5
The Ones We Leave Behind · riff8.5
The Phalanx · riff8.5
Throes of Perdition · riff8.5
Through Blood and Dirt and Bone · riff8
Until the World Goes Cold · riff8
Vengeance Falls · riff9
What the Dead Men Say · riff8

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Frequently asked questions

What amp did Trivium use?

Across 46 researched songs, the amps that come up most are Peavey 6505+ head (3 songs), Peavey Triple XXX II (3 songs), Peavey 5150 (Block Letter) head into Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30s (2 songs), Peavey 5150 or Peavey 6505+ head into Marshall JCM900BV 4x12 cab (2 songs).

What guitar did Trivium use?

Most often: Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string (3 songs), Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s (2 songs), Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-String (2 songs), Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci JP7 (2 songs).

How do I get Trivium's tone on my amp?

Open any Trivium song below to see the original gear and settings, then use ToneAdapt to adapt them to your own guitar, amp, pickups and pedals.