Riff Tone
Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt
The Mars Volta
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarIbanez RG series (likely RG2550 or similar, early 2000s spec, stock pickups)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 2000s revision, likely Trem-O-Verb head)
PickupsIbanez/DiMarzio HSH (stock or DiMarzio/IBZ, ceramic magnet humbuckers and single coil)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass6
mid6.5
treble7
reverb1.5
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
distortionUnknown Distortion pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Studio recording, 2002-2003. Omar Rodríguez-López was known to use Ibanez RG guitars and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amps for De-Loused in the Comatorium sessions. No direct source for exact serial/model, but this is widely documented for this album era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
molten, saturated distortionharmonic richnessaggressive attacktight and percussivecomplex, layered overtonesliquid-like runssatisfyingly scrambled squelchdense and hallucinatoryedgy and experimentalsnarling, rabid riffing
Difficulty
The riff section is extremely challenging due to its speed, rhythmic complexity, and the need for precise muting and articulation to achieve the aggressive, harmonically rich sound.
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Original Gear
GuitarIbanez RG series (likely RG2550 or similar, early 2000s spec, stock pickups)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 2000s revision, likely Trem-O-Verb head)
PickupsIbanez/DiMarzio HSH (stock or DiMarzio/IBZ, ceramic magnet humbuckers and single coil)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass6
mid6.5
treble7
reverb1.5
presence6.5
Effects & Signal Chain
distortionUnknown Distortion pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Studio recording, 2002-2003. Omar Rodríguez-López was known to use Ibanez RG guitars and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amps for De-Loused in the Comatorium sessions. No direct source for exact serial/model, but this is widely documented for this album era. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
molten, saturated distortionharmonic richnessaggressive attacktight and percussivecomplex, layered overtonesliquid-like runssatisfyingly scrambled squelchdense and hallucinatoryedgy and experimentalsnarling, rabid riffing
Difficulty
The riff section is extremely challenging due to its speed, rhythmic complexity, and the need for precise muting and articulation to achieve the aggressive, harmonically rich sound.