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User Maat re amp settings — Strauss SLA-25RG

The Nile guitar tone for “User Maat re”, dialed in for a Strauss SLA-25RG with a Ibanez RG421AHM. Studio version, Annihilation of the Wicked (2005)

Original rig

Karl Sanders / Dallas Toler-Wade: Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 / Valvestate 8100, Dean Karl Sanders V / BC Rich guitars with Seymour Duncan Invader pickups, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer boost, tuned to Drop A

Crushing, tight, mid-focused technical death metal tone with aggressive low-end tracking
Amp settings — Strauss SLA-25RG
CHANNELCleanBOOSToff
GAIN 2 BASS 6 MID 5 TREBLE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass6
Mid5
Treble5
Reverb0
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Zoom G1on (TS Drive Block)

TS Drive model used as a clean boost to tighten low-end

Gain 1 · Tone 7 · Level 9

02Zoom G1on (DZ DRIVE / Marshall Amp Block)

Primary high-gain preamp model running directly into the SLA-25RG clean channel

Gain 8 · Tone 6 · Level 7

03Zoom G1on (ZNR Noise Gate)

Essential for clamping extreme high-gain palm-mute chugs

Threshold 7 · Level 10
Why these settings

The Strauss SLA-25RG is a compact solid-state combo, so all heavy distortion and amp modeling are handled via the Zoom G1on using a boosted high-gain model into the amp's clean channel. Amp gain is kept low at 2 to avoid muddy double-gain saturation. The G1on's onboard TS drive tightens the severe low-end needed for Nile's Drop A tuning before hitting the high-gain preamp stage. Clean acoustic/folk intro: switch off the drive/amp block and engage a clean acoustic sim patch.

PRO TIPKarl Sanders tunes down to Drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B); use heavy gauge strings (at least 12-56 or 13-60) and pick hard right next to the bridge saddles to keep fast 16th-note alternate picking clear and un-muddled.

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