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Sleeping Beauty amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The A Perfect Circle guitar tone for “Sleeping Beauty”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Ibanez ART100. Studio version, Mer de Noms (2000) — main heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus (Tom Anderson H3+ bridge humbucker) into Dave Friedman modified Marshall JMP ('Naked' amp / Naylor preamp voicing) and Lexicon MPX-1 rack processing

Thick, articulate, mid-dense alternative metal crunch with smooth top-end and punchy low-mids

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 naturally has thick low-mids that match Billy Howerdel's Naylor-inspired 'Naked' amp preamp voicing nicely, so keep bass around 5 to avoid flubbing the 8-inch speaker. Push the midrange to 7 to replicate the signature Tom Anderson H3+ humbucker punch, and keep treble around 6 to tame solid-state harshness. Verse switch: roll the guitar volume down to 3-4 on the bridge pickup for the gritty dynamic cleanup.

PRO TIPBilly Howerdel plays this song in Drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#); dig in with a heavy pick angle just past the neck-facing edge of the bridge pickup to get the tight percussive string snap.

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