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Here you go:
FourT6and2
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Mayones Duvell
RaceU4her
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thank you! dosent look to be anything too complicated going on here either. i see he has an old black guyatone sd2 i picked up recently, thats cool to see lol
TheGreatGreen
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The secret to Tool's tone is realizing it's mostly the bass tone that makes the band sound so huge. 
As far as the guitar goes, as long as the rig is set somewhere between medium and high gain, and given plenty of mids to sound "raw," it'll get there. Tool's guitar sound seems mostly all about the attitude behind the playing as much as how the gear is set.
As far as the guitar goes, as long as the rig is set somewhere between medium and high gain, and given plenty of mids to sound "raw," it'll get there. Tool's guitar sound seems mostly all about the attitude behind the playing as much as how the gear is set.
SQUAREHEAD
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Danny Carey is a freak of nature?
Has to be one of the best in the world. (In my opinion)
Has to be one of the best in the world. (In my opinion)
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Devin
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He's using a Knucklehead Tre now isn't he?
FourT6and2
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I saw them live right before Covid hit in San Jose, CA and he was using the same rig he's been using for decades. Marshall + VH4. I think he used a bunch of different amps on the last few albums, including Rivera and others.
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Nigel
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On 10,000 Days via Joe when recording, as well as a Peavy VTM.
RaceU4her
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stephen sawall
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He used the Tre at a few shows. After that he was using the Marshall, VH4 and Dual Rectifier.
It's all about the Marshall.
It's all about the Marshall.
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Philhouse
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Adam made reference about how impressed he was with the Rivera gear on the FI sessions in a Guitar World interview (Oct 2019).
"The sounds on the record are very much your signature tonal palette - but expanded and exaggerated in a lot of places. Did you start with your stage amps for the core sounds?
"I used my regular setup with my Marshall Superbass and my Diezel VH4s. The transformer in that Marshall is hand-wound in an old-school way that they don’t really do any more, and the wire used is an old-school type of wire and it has a unique thing to it.
"Joe also brought out so many cool things! I was really blown away by the Rivera stuff; those amps sound amazing and the guys at Rivera are so helpful. I’m kind of scratching my head about moving over to Rivera because I was so impressed with their stuff."
Barresi interview:
What was the starting point for Adam’s guitar tones on the new album?
"His sound is definitely his Les Paul Custom into his main Diezel VH4 and that Marshall Superbass, but like the last record, I also implemented a Bogner Uberschall and a Rivera Knucklehead Reverb or a Knucklehead K Tre as part of the equation.
"I recorded both of Adam’s personal amps to their own track and combined the Bogner and Rivera to a single track, plus we ran a mic’d Leslie cab in stereo the whole time, which gave us a total of five tracks wide of just guitar.
"That was the main dirty sound, but the clean sound varied a lot. Besides cleaning up and dropping the gain on the amps we used for distortion sounds, I used an old Orange, an old Peavey, a new Fryette-made Sound City halfstack, an old Kustom and a Naylor. Adam was really into experimenting with other stuff - guitars included - this time around."
He did use a Tre for a few shows as Stephen said, but it didn't stay. I don't think its as big a player as many believe it is. He's used the Bogner as much but I haven't seen that make the rig either.
"The sounds on the record are very much your signature tonal palette - but expanded and exaggerated in a lot of places. Did you start with your stage amps for the core sounds?
"I used my regular setup with my Marshall Superbass and my Diezel VH4s. The transformer in that Marshall is hand-wound in an old-school way that they don’t really do any more, and the wire used is an old-school type of wire and it has a unique thing to it.
"Joe also brought out so many cool things! I was really blown away by the Rivera stuff; those amps sound amazing and the guys at Rivera are so helpful. I’m kind of scratching my head about moving over to Rivera because I was so impressed with their stuff."
Barresi interview:
What was the starting point for Adam’s guitar tones on the new album?
"His sound is definitely his Les Paul Custom into his main Diezel VH4 and that Marshall Superbass, but like the last record, I also implemented a Bogner Uberschall and a Rivera Knucklehead Reverb or a Knucklehead K Tre as part of the equation.
"I recorded both of Adam’s personal amps to their own track and combined the Bogner and Rivera to a single track, plus we ran a mic’d Leslie cab in stereo the whole time, which gave us a total of five tracks wide of just guitar.
"That was the main dirty sound, but the clean sound varied a lot. Besides cleaning up and dropping the gain on the amps we used for distortion sounds, I used an old Orange, an old Peavey, a new Fryette-made Sound City halfstack, an old Kustom and a Naylor. Adam was really into experimenting with other stuff - guitars included - this time around."
He did use a Tre for a few shows as Stephen said, but it didn't stay. I don't think its as big a player as many believe it is. He's used the Bogner as much but I haven't seen that make the rig either.
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That bastard is hording all the fucking amps...Adam made reference about how impressed he was with the Rivera gear on the FI sessions in a Guitar World interview (Oct 2019).
"The sounds on the record are very much your signature tonal palette - but expanded and exaggerated in a lot of places. Did you start with your stage amps for the core sounds?
"I used my regular setup with my Marshall Superbass and my Diezel VH4s. The transformer in that Marshall is hand-wound in an old-school way that they don’t really do any more, and the wire used is an old-school type of wire and it has a unique thing to it.
"Joe also brought out so many cool things! I was really blown away by the Rivera stuff; those amps sound amazing and the guys at Rivera are so helpful. I’m kind of scratching my head about moving over to Rivera because I was so impressed with their stuff."
Barresi interview:
What was the starting point for Adam’s guitar tones on the new album?
"His sound is definitely his Les Paul Custom into his main Diezel VH4 and that Marshall Superbass, but like the last record, I also implemented a Bogner Uberschall and a Rivera Knucklehead Reverb or a Knucklehead K Tre as part of the equation.
"I recorded both of Adam’s personal amps to their own track and combined the Bogner and Rivera to a single track, plus we ran a mic’d Leslie cab in stereo the whole time, which gave us a total of five tracks wide of just guitar.
"That was the main dirty sound, but the clean sound varied a lot. Besides cleaning up and dropping the gain on the amps we used for distortion sounds, I used an old Orange, an old Peavey, a new Fryette-made Sound City halfstack, an old Kustom and a Naylor. Adam was really into experimenting with other stuff - guitars included - this time around."
He did use a Tre for a few shows as Stephen said, but it didn't stay. I don't think its as big a player as many believe it is. He's used the Bogner as much but I haven't seen that make the rig either.
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Philhouse
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That pic also makes me curious if the Wizards possibly made it into the mix
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I guess that would be a safe interpretation. I can see a soldano hiding way in the background. Maybe there are more amps back there that didn't make it. But that is alot of amps to record an album. Maybe he used the wizards for part of his "clean" sound
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Philhouse
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Same about the SLO. I believe Barresi has an arsenal of amps to choose from, I think the ones in the pic were prob just the main ones he dragged out to try for the album.
Joe also mentions he used an MXR Micro Amp + up front of all the amps to fine tune. I think if people are chasing the album tone then that should play a part too... plus all the normal studio magic.
https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/th...ar-innoculum-producer-joe-barresi-reveals-all
"Since the signal was split to at least four heads, I put a pedal in front of everything and it helped shape the front-end of all the amps a bit. I used an MXR Micro Amp +, which gave us a little more EQ flexibility, so I could crack in some top or take out some bottom if needed.
"We also ended up using a SoloDallas wireless preamp unit to drive the front of some amps and give a little extra push on some songs.
I'll bet this Gretch with a Leslie is the clean tone on Pneuma
Joe also mentions he used an MXR Micro Amp + up front of all the amps to fine tune. I think if people are chasing the album tone then that should play a part too... plus all the normal studio magic.
https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/th...ar-innoculum-producer-joe-barresi-reveals-all
"Since the signal was split to at least four heads, I put a pedal in front of everything and it helped shape the front-end of all the amps a bit. I used an MXR Micro Amp +, which gave us a little more EQ flexibility, so I could crack in some top or take out some bottom if needed.
"We also ended up using a SoloDallas wireless preamp unit to drive the front of some amps and give a little extra push on some songs.
I'll bet this Gretch with a Leslie is the clean tone on Pneuma
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stephen sawall
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The pile of amp photo are not his amps. They belong to Barresi.
Adam is pretty open about what he uses. His rig has changed a lot less than many of ours in the last three decades.
Seeing him live over the years my favorite sound was the Marshall and Dual Rectifier.
Adam is pretty open about what he uses. His rig has changed a lot less than many of ours in the last three decades.
Seeing him live over the years my favorite sound was the Marshall and Dual Rectifier.
Bxlxaxkxe
Amp ho
Boosted 800 is right on the money for my taste, moreso than a VH4 honestly. Cranked Wizard does it well too.
Newer tones are much more saturated - feel like any good high gain amp works well here. Uber, Friedman stuff, herby, etc etc
Newer tones are much more saturated - feel like any good high gain amp works well here. Uber, Friedman stuff, herby, etc etc
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I feel like if someone gives me a jcm 800, I can sound just like him.
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Dyllheaven88
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I feel Marshall is still the base tone for tool , but like said before the band plays such a vital role in the overall tone . I really just dig how he’s essentially taking the best parts of 3 amps and turning it into this trifecta of frequency. You throw Danny Carey drumming on that or anything your going to sound a awesome ?