Engel amp settings — Harley Benton 20-MFX
The Rammstein guitar tone for “Engel”, dialed in for a Harley Benton 20-MFX with a Cort KX100. Studio version, Sehnsucht (1997)
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Rev G, Red Channel/Modern High Gain) + SansAmp PSA-1 direct blend, EMG 81 equipped ESP / Gibson Les Paul Standard
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
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The original Sehnsucht tone blends a saturated Mesa Dual Rectifier with a solid-state SansAmp rack unit for surgical palm-mute tracking. On the Harley Benton 20-MFX (which has no presence control), select the dedicated Metal amp model with gain set to 7 to prevent low-end mud on the small speaker. The Cort KX100 passive bridge humbucker is slightly lower output than Richard's active EMG 81, so keep the mids pulled to 4 and treble pushed to 7 to replicate the aggressive upper-mid bite.
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