TORE UP amp settings — Vault GA10
The Don Toliver guitar tone for “TORE UP”, dialed in for a Vault GA10 with a VAULT RG1 Soloist. Studio version, Hardstone Psycho (2024) — sampled guitar riff from 'Industry Sets In' by She Died Real Pretty (2010)
The guitar riff is sampled from She Died Real Pretty's 'Industry Sets In' — original recording likely used high-gain tube amp (Marshall JCM800 or similar) with humbuckers, cranked for brash hair metal distortion. Don Toliver's production by BBYKOBE & Spikes processed the sample with additional compression and saturation for that aggressive, in-your-face wall of distortion.
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 10 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED — Boss DS-1, Behringer TO800, or any affordable high-gain distortion)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Vault GA10 is a small solid-state practice amp that cannot achieve the saturated hair metal distortion this tone requires from the amp alone. A distortion pedal is essential. When using the pedal, drop amp gain to 3-4 and let the pedal be your gain source.
The Vault GA10 is a budget 10W practice amp with limited gain and a small speaker — it physically cannot produce the wall-of-saturation hair metal tone on its own. I've maxed the amp gain as a starting point, but the tone will remain thin and fizzy without an external distortion pedal. When you add the recommended pedal, drop amp gain to 3-4 to avoid muddy double-gain stacking. The RG1 Soloist's humbuckers are appropriate for this aggressive tone.
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