Burden amp settings — Evh 5150 15W
The Rotten Sound guitar tone for “Burden”, dialed in for a Evh 5150 15W with a BC rich Warbeast. Studio version, Exit (2005) - recorded at Soundlab Studios by Mieszko Talarczyk
ESP/Jackson guitars with high-output humbuckers into Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal into Peavey 5150 / Marshall JCM800 rig
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
01Boss HM-2W Heavy Metal
Set mode switch to Standard (S); keep all four knobs dimed
Per the double-gain rule, run the Boss HM-2W into the EVH 5150 LBX Green (clean) channel with amp gain kept down at 2 to prevent muddy distortion stacking. The HM-2 chainsaw circuit requires every pedal knob dimed at 10 to produce the signature Soundlab/Rotten Sound grind. The EVH naturally has a tight low-end response, so neutral amp EQ allows the pedal's extreme frequency peaks to dominate cleanly.
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