The Blue amp settings — Peavey Rage158

The Acid Bath guitar tone for “The Blue”, dialed in for a Peavey Rage158 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Main riff and heavy verses, When the Kite String Pops (1994) studio version

Original rig

Gibson Flying V / Explorer guitars with high-output humbuckers into Boss MT-2 Metal Zone into high-gain Marshall tube head, tuned to C# Standard

Thick, grinding sludge metal with saturated low-mids, fizzy high-gain aggression, and crushing downtuned weight

Amp settings — Peavey Rage158

CHANNELLead channel (Modern voicing switch engaged)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	4

Don’t have a Peavey Rage158? See this song on other amps → Match your own rig →

Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (key to Sammy Duet's signature 90s Acid Bath sludge fuzz/bite)

Level 5 · Dist 7 · Low 7 · High 6 · Middle 4 · Mid Freq 6

Why these settings

The original record relies heavily on the aggressive parametric mid-bite of a Boss MT-2 pushing a high-gain amp. On your Rage 158 without pedals, engage the Lead channel on the Modern voicing with gain at 8 to simulate the saturation, keeping the 8-inch speaker controlled by pulling mids to 4 and pushing bass to 8 for low-end weight. If you acquire a Metal Zone later, flip the amp to the Clean channel with gain at 2 and let the pedal generate the entire gain structure. Clean intro: flip to Clean channel with volume to taste.

PRO TIPTune down to C# Standard (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#) with heavy-gauge strings (at least 11-52 or 12-56) and dig into the strings hard near the bridge to get that signature swampy sludge grind.

Get this tone on your amp

These settings are for a Peavey Rage158. ToneAdapt matches any song to whatever amp, guitar and pedals you own — first match is free.

Get ToneAdapt on Google Play

Find your amp

Browse

The Blue on other ampsSAME SONG, YOUR AMP Acid Bath tonesALL SONGS Ibanez GIO GRG170DX tonesSAME GUITAR Tone libraryEVERYTHING

Song, artist and gear names are used to identify the tone being matched; ToneAdapt is not affiliated with or endorsed by the artists or manufacturers mentioned. Settings are AI-generated starting points — trust your ears.