Riff Tone

Headup

Deftones

Guitarmetal1990s

Original Gear

GuitarESP Stef B-6 (custom baritone, likely with Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup)

AmpMarshall JMP-1 MIDI Preamp into Marshall EL34 100/100 Power Amp

PickupsSeymour Duncan JB (bridge humbucker, passive, high output)

Amp Settings

gain8.5

bass6

mid5

treble7

reverb1

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1997. Gear confirmed for 'Around the Fur' album era. No evidence of live rig or later digital rigs for this recording. No evidence of additional preamps or amp models used for this song.

Tone Character(10)

tight and percussivesaturated distortionarticulate low-endslightly scooped midscrisp attackminimal ambiencefocused punchmodern heavy rhythmno modulation or delaymulti-tracked thickness

Difficulty

The riff is rhythmically tight and requires fast, precise palm muting and alternate picking, but uses straightforward power chords and no advanced lead techniques.

Sources

Rig Rundown: Deftones' Stephen Carpenter & Sergio Vega stephen carpenters rig in the 1995-2003 era : r/deftones Achieving deftones (around the fur) tone acap without buying ...

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