Riff Tone

Rise Above This

Seether

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarDean Evo Special Select (likely, based on era and interviews)

AmpMesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier

PickupsHumbuckers (Dean stock or Seymour Duncan, model not specified)

Amp Settings

gain7.5

bass6

mid6

treble7

reverb1.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2007 (Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces). Gear based on interviews and forum reports for this album era. No evidence of pedal use for distortion; amp gain used. Shaun Morgan is known for minimal pedal use in studio. Drop Db tuning confirmed.

Tone Character(10)

thick and saturatedtight and percussivefull-bodied midrangecrisp high endpunchy low endaggressive pick attackarticulate note separationslight room ambiencemodern hard rock edgeminimal pedal coloration

Difficulty

The riff relies on tight palm muting and precise power chord transitions at a moderate tempo, but does not require advanced techniques or fast lead playing.

Sources

Seether guitar tone seether sound? - forum topic | Ultimate Guitar Shaun Morgan: 'Grunge guitarists are really good players, but they put aside finesse for the sake of emotion' | Guitar World Guitar Tunings of Every Seether Song and How Different ...

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