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Slit Your Guts amp settings — Vox VT40X

The Cryptopsy guitar tone for “Slit Your Guts”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, None So Vile (1996), recorded December 1995 - January 1996 at Victor Studio, Montreal

Original rig

ADA MP-1 preamp into solid-state power amp, Jackson/Charvel guitar with high-output humbuckers, no pedals - raw preamp distortion with tight low-end, likely 4x12 cab with Celestion speakers

Tight, aggressive technical death metal - scooped mids, razor-sharp treble attack, percussive palm mutes, saturated but articulate high-gain with fast note separation

Amp settings — Vox VT40X

CHANNELHigh Gain model (US Hi-Gain or Brit Hi-Gain)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The VT40X US Hi-Gain model approximates the tight, scooped ADA MP-1 preamp tone. Mids scooped to 3 replicates the genre's characteristic scoop but not lower - the VT40X loses note definition below 3. Gain at 8 provides saturation while maintaining the pick attack clarity essential for Levasseur's tremolo-picked riffs. Your Jackson JS32's high-output humbuckers match the original's hot pickups well, no compensation needed.

PRO TIPPick directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces with a stiff 1.0mm+ pick and aggressive downstrokes - the percussive 'click' of the attack is half the None So Vile tone, and the tight palm muting on tracks like 'Slit Your Guts' requires muting right at the bridge saddles, not further up the strings.

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