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Hearts burst into fire amp settings — Kadence Xa-8

The Bullet for my valentine guitar tone for “Hearts burst into fire”, dialed in for a Kadence Xa-8 with a Kadence Astroman. Studio version, Scream Aim Fire (2008) - Signature intro lead & main rhythm

Original rig

Jackson RR1T / Gibson Flying V (Seymour Duncan JB) -> Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer -> Peavey 6505 / Mesa Triple Rectifier -> Mesa Traditional 4x12 cab

Aggressive, tight modern metalcore high-gain with cutting upper mids and tight low end

Amp settings — Kadence Xa-8

CHANNELOverdrive Channel / Drive ONBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end flub and boosts upper-mid attack into high-gain amps

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 9

Why these settings

The Kadence Xa-8 is a compact practice amp with a 2-band EQ and no dedicated midrange control, so push Treble to 7 and keep Bass at 5 to prevent the small speaker from flubbing under high gain. Engage the amp's drive channel at Gain 7 to capture the core 6505 saturation. If you add a TS9-style overdrive later, use it as a clean boost (Drive 0, Level 9) to tighten the low end further.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge with a stiff 1.0mm+ pick and use strict palm muting on the open string chugs to emulate the tight attack of the JB pickup into a boosted 6505.

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