How to get tone like this KORN

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Yes, another korn video. I wanna get the best distortion I can, its my hallmark. But this guys gets sick tone off his rig and I wanna know how he gets it. (Despite having pretty much an entire recording studio at his disposal) The cool thing is he lists his equipment he uses for each video. I have some pretty good equipment, but I just must not be running it like he does. Hard to believe hes getting all that from a miced cab. I wish my live rig sounded like that. The only thing is he doesnt list his chain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZxALl6S3I

My chain is guitar > wireless > tuner > distortion > distortion > eq > bbe > amp

pre amp

loop > chorus > delay > tremolo > phaser > flange > reverb > decimator

sometimes I put the eq and decimator in the loop
 
Try plugging straight into your recto with a guitar tuned to "A" (6 or 7 string) and see how it sounds.
Even though they used 2 ch Triples you should be able to replicate this with your amp.

Everything you add in between the guitar and amp will affect your tone negatively, run effects in the loop.
If that doesn't work out you may want to mod your loop to a "series" loop.
 
Have you thought about asking him how his signal chain goes? That's not the tone I go for... so I can't really be of much help.
 
JCDenton6":hn07skjh said:
Try plugging straight into your recto with a guitar tuned to "A" (6 or 7 string) and see how it sounds.
Even though they used 2 ch Triples you should be able to replicate this with your amp.

Everything you add in between the guitar and amp will affect your tone negatively, run effects in the loop.
If that doesn't work out you may want to mod your loop to a "series" loop.
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I dont think I have a series loop. I have a parallel on my dual
 
That signal chain is a tone suck monster
Unplug it all and go guitar>clean overdrive> amp
 
Yep. Straight into the amp. Heavy strings - probably a .60 low A, middle of the road for gain, not much high end - make up for it on mids. Keep in mind that Korn had a LOT of studio magic and multi-tracking going on, and used multiple amps. In studio, they used a lot more than Mesa. Early Korn was done on old Marshalls.

I prefer the Mesa Orange Modern on my AxeFx, or...a boosted Plexi!! It's more about the tuning and feel than the amp for these guys...IMO. The new cd was almost all Diezel Herbert and a Peavey 5150.
 
Chris O":28dqpzxj said:
Yep. Straight into the amp. Heavy strings - probably a .60 low A, middle of the road for gain, not much high end - make up for it on mids. Keep in mind that Korn had a LOT of studio magic and multi-tracking going on, and used multiple amps. In studio, they used a lot more than Mesa. Early Korn was done on old Marshalls.

I prefer the Mesa Orange Modern on my AxeFx, or...a boosted Plexi!! It's more about the tuning and feel than the amp for these guys...IMO. The new cd was almost all Diezel Herbert and a Peavey 5150.
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What does the heavier guage strings do? Ive tried them (not on a 7 string) but they didn't do anything. All the did was give me a fatter sound and thicker strings.

I know korn has alot of studio magic, but this guys tone doesnt. I agree its lacking mids and highs but it still sounds good for what hes doing. (mostly korn vids) Not that Im trying to copy korn or anything. My sound is more of a nickelback metallica theory of a deadman straight up all around crunchy distortion you can hear and feel. Hes got the i7 lo fi ibanez pedal, i saw a vid brad delsop from lp has the same one. Im currently experimenting with my new dual rec and the straight distortion is pretty close on the vintage and modern channels if your careful with the gain not to saturate it.
 
The real secret is to get a can of sweet corn, not regular corn, and open it up and smear that corn juice all over your strings and guitar neck. Let that shit seep into your strings and fretboard for about a day, works best if you leave your guitar out in the sun when you do it. Then you'll get that Korn tone no matter you plug into to.
 
thegreattailz":3rl941lb said:
Chris O":3rl941lb said:
Yep. Straight into the amp. Heavy strings - probably a .60 low A, middle of the road for gain, not much high end - make up for it on mids. Keep in mind that Korn had a LOT of studio magic and multi-tracking going on, and used multiple amps. In studio, they used a lot more than Mesa. Early Korn was done on old Marshalls.

I prefer the Mesa Orange Modern on my AxeFx, or...a boosted Plexi!! It's more about the tuning and feel than the amp for these guys...IMO. The new cd was almost all Diezel Herbert and a Peavey 5150.
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What does the heavier guage strings do? Ive tried them (not on a 7 string) but they didn't do anything. All the did was give me a fatter sound and thicker strings.

I know korn has alot of studio magic, but this guys tone doesnt. I agree its lacking mids and highs but it still sounds good for what hes doing. (mostly korn vids) Not that Im trying to copy korn or anything. My sound is more of a nickelback metallica theory of a deadman straight up all around crunchy distortion you can hear and feel. Hes got the i7 lo fi ibanez pedal, i saw a vid brad delsop from lp has the same one. Im currently experimenting with my new dual rec and the straight distortion is pretty close on the vintage and modern channels if your careful with the gain not to saturate it.
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:confused: Then what the heck are you asking for??? Play and figure it out. I just happen to jam along with the same stuff every day, and have a pile of K7's & Apex's that have had varying gauges of strings, along with a lot of presets on my gear devoted toward "that sound". But hey...what do I know?? :thumbsup: Have fun.
 
Pretty much an Ibanez 7 string with medium output pickups tuned in A into the red channel of a Recto will give you that 1999-2004 Korn tone pretty easily...
 
http://www.emusician.com/news/0766/fran ... tti/144858


Do you often record guitar amps in stereo?

No. For one thing, mono usually has more impact. With Korn, of course, there are two guitar players, so I'll place them left and right in the mix. If I'm looking for a particular effect, or for a solo, I'll mic two different cabinets, put them on separate tracks, and maybe spread them left and right. But that isn't stereo — it's two mono sources. For actual stereo miking, I'd probably use a coincident technique so that the sound would be captured in stereo but would still have a powerful, phase-coherent center.

What mics do you like on the guitar amps?

In the past, my main mics were a Shure SM57 and a [Neumann] U 67. I'd use both and match the capsule distance. But since A-T came out with the AT4047[/SV], that's become my favorite guitar mic. I used it with Korn on three different cabinets. Each cab had a 4047 and one additional mic: a Royer ribbon, a 57, and a U 67. Generally, I put the mics close to the speaker cones.

That gives you a similar sound from the 4047s to help blend, and different sounds from the other mics for character.

- See more at: http://www.emusician.com/news/0766/fran ... yozai.dpuf
 
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