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Bulls In The Bronx amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20R

The Pierce the Veil guitar tone for “Bulls In The Bronx”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-20R with a J&D Guitara Telecaster idk. Studio version, Collide with the Sky (2012)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, ESP LTD EC-1000 with EMG pickups, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer as boost, TC Electronic Flashback Delay

Saturated modern high-gain with tight palm mutes, aggressive upper mids, controlled low end
Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20R
CHANNELOverdrive channel (if available) or single channel crankedBRIGHToff
GAIN 7 BASS 3 MID 7 TREBLE 6 PRESENCE 0 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass3
Mid7
Treble6
Presence0
Reverb0
Master5
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PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01DigiTech RP90 - Amp Model Block

The RP90 has a '01 Mesa Dual Rectifier model—USE THIS as your primary amp voice, run into HB-20R set completely clean

Amp Model Mesa Dual Rectifier model · Gain 7 · Bass 3 · Mid 7 · Treble 6 · Cabinet Johnson 4x12 Vintage 30 sim

02DigiTech RP90 - TS9 Tube Screamer Model

Stack BEFORE the Rectifier model in your RP90 chain—this tightens the low end and adds midrange focus, replicating Tony Perry's signal chain

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 7

03DigiTech RP90 - Noise Gate

Essential for tight palm mutes and reducing noise floor on high gain

Threshold 5

04DigiTech RP90 - Digital Delay

Subtle slapback for leads only—bypass for rhythm parts

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 2
Why these settings

Your HB-20R is a small practice amp—set it COMPLETELY CLEAN (gain 0-1, all EQ at 5) and use it purely as a power amp for your RP90's Rectifier model. The RP90's Mesa model does the heavy lifting; the Telecaster's single coils are brighter and lower output than EMGs, so I raised mids +1 and cut treble -1 on the model, and rolled your tone knob to 8 to tame the single-coil ice pick.

PRO TIPPalm mute HARD and close to the bridge for the chuggy rhythm parts—Pierce the Veil's tightness comes from aggressive right-hand technique as much as gear. The Tele will fight you on low-tuning stability, so if you're in Drop C, use the heaviest strings you can fit (12-54 minimum) and intonate carefully.

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