As Deep As the Knife Will Go amp settings — Peavey Jsx
The Cannibal Corpse guitar tone for “As Deep As the Knife Will Go”, dialed in for a Peavey Jsx with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Torture (2012) - main rhythm riff
Mesa Boogie Triple/Dual Rectifier + Boss MT-2 Metal Zone (used as mid-shaper/boost) + EMG 81 active humbuckers
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Cannibal Corpse boost method: low distortion, level cranked to tighten the preamp and push aggressive upper-mids
02Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Essential for silencing the high-gain stack and gating fast palm-muted stops
03Boss GE-7 Equalizer
FX loop recommended to tighten sub-bass and accentuate the 1.6kHz death metal pick attack
On the Peavey JSX, the Ultra channel already provides tight, saturated tube gain, so using the MT-2 as a low-gain mid-focused boost mimics Rob Barrett and Pat O'Brien's signature Rectifier frontend. Because the Jackson JS32 has passive high-output pickups rather than active EMG 81s, the slight 1.6kHz boost on the GE-7 compensates for the missing active pick-attack bite. Set the JSX resonance switch to tight or medium to keep the low tuning from flubbing out.
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