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Comfortable Liar amp settings — Spider Line 6 Spider

The Chevelle guitar tone for “Comfortable Liar”, dialed in for a Spider Line 6 Spider with a B.C Rich Warlock B.C Rich. Studio version, Wonder What's Next (2002)

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, PRS Custom 22 with humbuckers, no notable pedals — amp-driven tone with tight low-end and aggressive mids

Tight, chunky modern rock crunch with scooped-but-present mids, controlled low-end thump, and grinding upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Spider Line 6 Spider

CHANNELInsaneBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	4
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The original Dual Rectifier is scooped and tight with massive low-end control. The Spider's Insane model runs hotter than a real Recto, so gain 6 avoids mud. Mid at 4 keeps the chunk without disappearing — the Spider's mid control is more aggressive than Mesa's passive mid cut. Bass 5 prevents flub through smaller speakers. No presence knob on most Spider models.

PRO TIPPalm-mute directly over the bridge pickup for that percussive chunk Pete Loeffler gets — let the pick attack do the work rather than pushing gain higher.

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