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Oops!...I Did It Again amp settings — Peavey 5150

The Children of Bodom guitar tone for “Oops!...I Did It Again”, dialed in for a Peavey 5150 with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, In Your Face EP (2005) / Skeletons in the Closet (2009)

Original rig

Alexi Laiho: ESP Alexi signature with EMG HZ pickups + EMG 81, Marshall JCM800/900, Maxon OD808 boost. Roope Latvala: Jackson RR Custom Shop with active JE-1000 electronics, similar Marshall rig

Aggressive Scandinavian melodic death metal - tight palm mutes, searing lead tone with pronounced upper mids, razor-sharp articulation for neo-classical runs

Amp settings — Peavey 5150

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

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Tube Screamer (TS9)

Classic COB tone-tightening technique - drive at zero, level cranked to push the 5150 preamp harder while filtering low-end mud

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

Your 5150 is actually tighter and more aggressive than the Marshall JCM rigs COB used, so this is a favorable match. I dropped gain from what would be 8-9 on a Marshall to 7 because the 5150 has more preamp saturation. Mids stay strong at 6 to replicate that Finnish melodeath bite - the 5150's mid voicing is already tight so no scoop needed.

PRO TIPFor Alexi's signature picking attack on the neo-classical runs, anchor your picking hand firmly and use very small wrist movements with a sharp-pointed pick held at a slight angle - the tone comes from aggressive pick attack, not extra gain.

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