Dam that River amp settings — Washburn Wa15
The Alice in chains guitar tone for “Dam that River”, dialed in for a Washburn Wa15 with a Fender Jazzmaster. Studio cut, Dirt (1992) — main heavy rhythm riff
G&L Rampage (Seymour Duncan JB) into Bogner Fish preamp (Shark/Brown channels), Bogner Ecstasy, Mesa Dual Rectifier prototype, and Rockman Sustainor
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
01M-Vave Blackbox (High-Gain Amp/Cab Model Block)
Select a high-gain British/Bogner or 5150-style amp model with a 4x12 V30 cab IR. Acts as primary gain source into the clean Wa15 front input.
Because the Washburn Wa15 is a small solid-state practice amp lacking natural high-gain saturation, the M-Vave Blackbox serves as the primary gain source running into the Wa15's clean channel with amp gain kept low to prevent double-gain mud. The Jazzmaster's bright single-coil bridge pickup is compensated by rolling the guitar tone knob back to 8 and pushing the M-Vave's low-mids to emulate Jerry Cantrell's high-output Seymour Duncan JB humbucker. The Wa15 has no presence or reverb controls on its faceplate, so tone shaping relies on the amp's 3-band EQ and the Blackbox modeler.
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