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Night terror amp settings — Mooer GE100

The Dream theater guitar tone for “Night terror”, dialed in for a Mooer GE100 with a Jackson JS22 -7. Studio version, Parasomnia (2024) — Main 7-string heavy riff tone

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+/Mark V, Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty 7-string with DiMarzio Illuminator pickups, Fractal Axe-FX/TC Electronic effects

Tight, articulate high-gain with pronounced upper-mids, surgical precision, scooped but not muddy, aggressive pick attack with liquid sustain

Amp settings — Mooer GE100

CHANNELMesa Boogie Mark Series high-gain model (DS/AMP module) + 4x12 Rectifier Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (NS module)

Engage to keep the 7-string low-B palm mutes ultra-tight and eliminate idle high-gain hiss

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

02TS-Style Overdrive (OD module)

Used purely as a clean pre-gain mid boost to tighten low-end tracking on the 7th string

Gain 1 · Tone 7 · Level 8

03Digital Delay (DLY module)

Post-amp subtle ambient delay for lead spread and depth

Time 4 · Feedback 2 · Level 2

Why these settings

The Mooer GE100 simulates Petrucci's cascading Mesa Mark V preamp saturation via its high-gain amp model pushed by a clean TS-style boost block to keep the Jackson JS22-7 low B tight and articulate. Bass is dialed back to 5 to prevent the stock Jackson humbuckers from flubbing on down-tuned chugs, while treble is pushed to 7 to replicate the signature DiMarzio Illuminator upper-mid bite. Clean verse/intro: switch off the OD and AMP modules to bypass distortion and engage chorus with light delay.

PRO TIPPetrucci achieves his signature percussive attack using a heavy, sharp-tipped pick (like the Dunlop Flow/Jazz III) angled slightly forward against the low B string with a rigid wrist right over the bridge saddles.

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