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Bleed me an ocean amp settings — Max GA-10 GA-10

The Acid bath guitar tone for “Bleed me an ocean”, dialed in for a Max GA-10 GA-10 with a Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai. Studio version, Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) — Main opening sludge riff

Original rig

Gibson Flying V / Les Paul, Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal, Marshall JCM800 / Ampeg solid-state head

Grudgy, sludge metal chainsaw crunch with thick low-mids and sharp abrasive top-end bite

Amp settings — Max GA-10 GA-10

CHANNELDrive Channel (Overdrive switch engaged)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (essential for the signature Swedish/sludge chainsaw tone; when acquired, run into the clean channel with amp gain at 2)

Level 8 · Low 10 · High 9 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The GA-10 is a basic 10-watt practice amp featuring only Bass and Treble controls, so Mid and Presence are set to null. Because Acid Bath relied heavily on a dimed Boss HM-2 pedal into high-gain heads, push your amp's built-in drive switch and gain to 8 while boosting Bass to 8 and Treble to 7 to approximate the scooped, fizzy sludge grind. Adding a dedicated HM-2 or clone will instantly deliver the authentic Paegan Terrorism Tactics chainsaw saturation.

PRO TIPTune down to Acid Bath's standard C# standard tuning (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#) and use heavy, aggressive downpicking near the bridge to maximize the percussive, abrasive low-end grind of your Evolution bridge humbucker.

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