My Apocalypse amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40
The Escape the Fate guitar tone for “My Apocalypse”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 40 with a Schecter Omen Extreme 6. Studio version, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2006) — Main high-gain rhythm and lead riff
Peavey 5150 / 6505+ into Mesa 4x12 cab, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer clean boost, Gibson Les Paul Custom / ESP Eclipse with EMG 81/85 active humbuckers
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 6 |
01Overdrive Block (Tube Screamer / Clone Drive)
Spark app onboard Drive block in front of amp model to tighten low end and add pick attack
02Noise Gate Block
Spark onboard Gate block before the amp model to keep fast staccato riffing dead quiet
Monte Money tracked this record primarily with high-gain 5150 heads boosted by a Tube Screamer. On the Spark 40, select the high-gain American lead model, engage the onboard Tube Screamer block with low drive and high level to simulate the classic front-end tightening boost, and keep presence in the Spark app around 7. Your Schecter Diamond Plus passive bridge pickup is slightly brighter than passive PAFs but needs the tone wide open to replicate active EMG attack. Clean interlude: switch the amp model to Black Duo (Twin) with onboard digital delay and subtle chorus.
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