Adam Jones video tour of his rig plus Justin's!!!!

[petejt]

EXP .... how much different was your Super Bass when you had it changed to these specs ..... more gain ? How did it change the tone ?

More gain with more treble or more super leady sound, but I am also running a THD hotplate because where my head is at I cant really crank it. I am going to try to use it over the weekend with the Jonez settings to see what I get...

So would you say it sounds pretty much like a stock Super Lead ?

I spent all day messing around with my Plexi .... I also use a Hot Plate to control volume. When I dropped off the bass I could see why he does this .... the amp does not use the extra energy to push bass. As you know it takes a lot more energy to push the bottom .... this gave more harmonics, dynamics and cut. I did not like it all the way off .... but between 9 or 10 o'clock right as it kicked in.

Soon as I hit a open D in drop D with my BF2 set the way it was in the video I recognized the sound. It is the sound used on Third Eye and several others.

It's funny he uses pretty much the opposite of what a lot of metal players use ..... all midrange with only a little highs and lows to fill out the sound, as a lot of people like a scooped sound for metal.

He's smart in how he runs his rig. Two amps, each filling in what the other is missing. Marshall = mids and top-end. VH4 = bass and gain. Put 'em together and you've got the best of both worlds – a raw, mid-heavy grinding tone that's still saturated and has plenty of low-end. Can't do it with just one amp.

Yup. It's all about chemistry. Adam Jones himself has explained the process twice in guitar magazines.

 

[D-Rock]

Adams tech was STOnEd....