Riff Tone

The Cemetery Angels

Crowbar

Guitarmetal2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarESP Viper (likely custom, as used by Kirk Windstein in this era)

AmpPeavey 5150 (studio recording era, typical for Crowbar mid-2000s)

PickupsEMG 81/85 active humbuckers

Amp Settings

gain8.5

bass7.5

mid5

treble5.5

reverb0

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2010 album 'Sever the Wicked Hand'. Gear based on Kirk Windstein's known studio setup for this era; no direct source confirms exact gear for this song, but all available evidence and genre conventions point to ESP Viper with EMGs into a Peavey 5150. No evidence of pedal use for rhythm tone; distortion from amp. No evidence of time-based or modulation effects on riff section.

Tone Character(10)

crushing and saturatedtight palm-muted chugsdense and thickmassive low endscooped midsaggressive and percussiveminimal clarity, maximum weightsludge-laden heavinesssustained power chordsraw, unpolished distortion

Difficulty

The riff requires tight, aggressive palm muting and precise rhythm playing at a moderate tempo, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or complex chord voicings.

Sources

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