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Knives amp settings — Line 6 POD go

The Bullet for My Valentine guitar tone for “Knives”, dialed in for a Line 6 POD go with a Schecter Demon 6. Studio version, Bullet for My Valentine (2021 self-titled album)

Original rig

Diezel VH4 amp through Mesa/Boogie 4x12 cabinets, Gibson Explorer Custom with EMG pickups (main rhythm guitar), Gibson Les Paul Custom with EMGs, MXR Slash Octave Fuzz layered underneath rhythms

Aggressive, visceral modern metal with tight low-end, scooped mids, biting high-gain distortion and a nasty, gritty edge

Amp settings — Line 6 POD go

CHANNELPV Panama (Peavey 5150/6505 model) or Cali Rectifire (Mesa Dual Rectifier model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (built-in POD Go gate block)

Place before amp block to tighten palm mutes

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

02Parametric EQ (built-in POD Go block)

Post-amp block — subtle mid scoop around 400-600Hz, slight low-end tightening

Low Freq 5 · Low Gain 4 · Mid Freq 4 · Mid Q 6 · Mid Gain 3 · High Freq 6 · High Gain 5

Why these settings

The Diezel VH4 has a tight, aggressive voicing with controlled lows and searing highs. The PV Panama or Cali Rectifire models on POD Go get closest — Panama for tighter 5150-style attack, Rectifire for thicker modern chunk. Your Schecter Demon's active-style high-output humbuckers approximate the EMG response, so gain stays at 7 rather than higher. Mid at 4 gives the characteristic BFMV scoop without disappearing. Use a 4x12 cab sim (Mesa V30 or BRIT 4x12) with an SM57 off-axis mic model.

PRO TIPMatt Tuck tracked with the Explorer because it added grit over the smoother Les Paul — your Schecter's ceramic pickups naturally have that bite, so lean into aggressive right-hand palm muting right over the bridge saddles to nail the percussive chunk on the verse riff.

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