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Repulsive In It's Splendid Beauty amp settings — Rocktron Rampage RT80

The Crowbar guitar tone for “Repulsive In It's Splendid Beauty”, dialed in for a Rocktron Rampage RT80 with a SGR Banshee-6. Studio version, Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (2001) - Main Riff

Original rig

Gibson Explorer / Les Paul with EMG 81 -> Boss SD-1 / TS9 -> Randall RG100ES / Marshall JCM800 -> Marshall 1960B 4x12

Crushing, low-tuned sludge metal tone with heavy low-end thump, tight boosted upper-mid bite, and aggressive solid-state/high-gain saturation

Amp settings — Rocktron Rampage RT80

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	7
Mid	5
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01EHX Metal Muff with Top Boost

Primary gain source running into clean channel (Double-Gain Prevention applied). Top Boost switch ON to replicate the SD-1/TS9 bite into the solid-state front end.

Volume 6 · Top Boost 2 · Treble 6 · Mid 6 · Bass 8 · Distortion 7

Why these settings

The EHX Metal Muff serves as the primary gain engine to capture Kirk Windstein's massive Randall solid-state saturation, requiring the Rocktron RT80 on its Clean channel with gain kept low. Keep the pedal's Mid knob around 6 rather than fully scooped to maintain the punishing JCM800/RG100 core sludge weight. The passive bridge humbucker on your SGR Banshee-6 needs the Top Boost set low around 2 to emulate the sharp, tight attack of active EMG 81 pickups in B standard tuning.

PRO TIPTune to B standard (B-E-A-D-F#-B) with heavy gauge strings (.012-.056 minimum) and use heavy downpicking right near the bridge saddles to get the distinct percussive chug without the low end getting flubby.

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