Sonne amp settings — Harley Benton MB 20R

The Rammstein guitar tone for “Sonne”, dialed in for a Harley Benton MB 20R with a Harley Benton Les Paul sc400. Studio version, Mutter (2001)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, Gibson Les Paul Custom/Standard with humbuckers, Drop D tuning, minimal effects (short delay, no reverb)

Tight, industrial crunch with thick low-end, scooped mids, and cold high-end bite

Amp settings — Harley Benton MB 20R

CHANNELOverdrive channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tube Screamer style overdrive (TS9 / Boss SD-1)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Used as a clean boost to tighten low-end and add pick attack. The MB 20R lacks the rectifier compression, so a TS-style pedal in front will firm up palm mutes significantly.

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The MB 20R is a budget solid-state practice amp without the sag and compression of a Dual Rectifier. Push gain to 7 to compensate for lower saturation headroom. Mid is dropped to 4 to approximate Kruspe's scooped industrial voicing—Rammstein deliberately cuts mids to create a 'cold wall' that sits behind synths. Reverb is 0 because the original recording is bone dry. Without a boost pedal, palm mutes will lack definition.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and dig in hard with downstrokes directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces—Kruspe's mechanical precision comes from consistent, almost robotic picking attack, not from gain alone.

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