Blackwater park amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Opeth guitar tone for “Blackwater park”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a PRS Custom 24. Studio album cut, Blackwater Park (2001) — heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

PRS CE24 / Gibson Les Paul Custom -> ENGL Ritchie Blackmore Signature & Peavey 5150 heads -> Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab

Aggressive, tight high-gain progressive death metal rhythm with focused upper-mids and heavy punch

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELOD2 voice (ISF set to 7, British side)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (tightens the low-end sub-bass frequencies into high-gain amps)

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 lacks separate Bass/Mid/Treble/Presence knobs on its faceplate, using the ISF control instead to shape EQ from American scoop to British midrange punch. Set the voice selector to OD2 for cascading ENGL/5150 saturation, and turn the ISF knob clockwise to roughly 7 to capture the signature Swedish death metal upper-mid bark. Clean acoustic/passage interlude: switch to Clean Warm voice and select the neck pickup.

PRO TIPMikael Åkerfeldt's aggressive rhythm attack relies on heavy, precise downpicking right against the bridge saddles with a stiff 1.0mm+ pick to keep complex extended chords articulated under high gain.

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