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Downfall amp settings — Mooer GE100

The Children of Bodom guitar tone for “Downfall”, dialed in for a Mooer GE100 with a ESP LTD KH-202 Kirk Hammett. Studio version, Hatebreeder (1999)

Original rig

ESP Custom / Jackson RR with EMG-HZ + MM438 booster, Lee Jackson GP-1000 preamp into VHT 2150 power amp, Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab

Aggressive, razor-sharp high-gain with pushed upper-mids and tight tracking

Amp settings — Mooer GE100

CHANNELJ-800 or 5150 Lead Amp Model (GE100 DS/AMP block) + 4x12 Cab IRBRIGHTonBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Mooer GE100 DS Block (Tube Screamer / Pure Drive)

Used as an active front-end boost to emulate Alexi's onboard MM438/ABQ booster preamp circuit

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 9

02Mooer GE100 NS Block (Noise Gate)

Essential to clamp high-gain hiss and maintain staccato precision

Thresh 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The GP-1000 preamp tone is driven by hot upper-mid harmonics pushed by an active onboard boost. On the Mooer GE100, pairing a British/high-gain amp block with an internal overdrive set to zero drive and high level replicates Alexi's signature preamp saturation. Keeping the mids high (around 8) and cutting low-end flub ensures the ESP LTD KH-202 passive pickups stay tight during fast riffing.

PRO TIPAlexi's razor-sharp pick attack comes from picking extremely close to the bridge saddles with a stiff, heavy pick angled slightly downward for maximum harmonic chirp.

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