Blood Eagle amp settings — Line 6 POD HD500X

The Periphery guitar tone for “Blood Eagle”, dialed in for a Line 6 POD HD500X with a S by Solar AB4.7W. Studio version, Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019)

Original rig

Fractal Audio Axe-FX III (PVH 6160 Block Letter model), Jackson Pro Series Misha Mansoor Juggernaut HT7 with Fishman Fluence Modern pickups, Horizon Devices Precision Drive, ML Sound Lab Zilla V30 + Djent IRs

Tight, gated modern djent with surgical low-end, scooped mids, and aggressive pick attack — the silence between stabs is as important as the notes

Amp settings — Line 6 POD HD500X

CHANNELLine 6 Original amp model → use 'Treadplate' (Dual Rectifier model) or 'F Ball' (Fireball model) for the closest djent voicingBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Screamer (HD500X built-in TS model)

Place BEFORE the amp block — this is doing the Precision Drive job: tightening low-end and adding pick attack, NOT adding gain. Drive at 0 is correct.

Drive 0 · Bass 5 · Tone 7 · Output 8

02Noise Gate (HD500X built-in)

Essential — the hard gate between stabs defines the Periphery sound. Place after Screamer, before amp block. Fast decay.

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

Why these settings

Original used Axe-FX III's 5150 Block Letter model at gain 9 with Precision Drive. POD HD500X's Treadplate is your tightest high-gain option — dropped gain to 7 because the HD series runs hotter than Fractal, and the Screamer in front compensates. Scooped mid to 3 (original was 4) because Treadplate is already mid-forward vs the 5150's natural scoop. Your Solar's passive ceramics are slightly darker than Misha's Fishmans — treble bumped +1 to compensate.

PRO TIPThe entire riff lives on the low G# string — pick directly over the bridge pickup with a stiff 1.0mm+ pick and attack hard. The Precision Drive (Screamer at drive 0) isn't adding dirt, it's acting as a low-cut filter and compressor to make palm mutes razor-tight. If your low string sounds flubby, raise the Screamer's Tone to 8.

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