So Cold amp settings — M-Vave Tank G
The Breaking Benjamin guitar tone for “So Cold”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, We Are Not Alone (2004) - Main heavy riff
PRS Custom 22 / Gibson Les Paul into Soldano SLO-100 / Marshall / Peavey / Hughes & Kettner TriAmp, boosted with Ibanez TS9
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 7 |
01Tank G Overdrive (TS-Style Booster)
Used as a clean boost to tighten the low-end flub from single coils in drop tuning
02Tank G Noise Gate
Tightens chugs and cuts single-coil 60-cycle hum
To compensate for the lower output and bright bite of your Strat single coils compared to the original humbuckers, use the TS-style boost with Drive low and Level high into the high-gain Amp 8 model. Bass is raised to 7 and guitar tone rolled to 8 to add low-end body and tame single-coil sharpness in Drop C. The Tank G noise gate is essential to silence single-coil hum during staccato chugs. Clean intro/verse: bypass the OD block and switch to Amp Model 1 (Clean) with light reverb.
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