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I killed a man amp settings — Ngl-20 20

The Slaughter to prevail guitar tone for “I killed a man”, dialed in for a Ngl-20 20 with a Fender Player Plus Nashville Telecaster. Studio version, Kostolom (2021)

Original rig

Jack Simmons custom baritone / 7-string with high-output humbuckers into Peavey 5150 / EVH 5150 III / Neural DSP Archetype Gojira and Fortin Nameless plugins boosted with a TS9 / Fortin Grind

Crushing, tight modern deathcore rhythm with scooped low-mids, aggressive upper-mid bite, and tight low-end tracking

Amp settings — Ngl-20 20

CHANNELLead / Drive Channel (or Drive switch ON)BRIGHToffBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01High-Gain Distortion / Boost (e.g. Horizon Precision Drive / Boss ML-2)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low end and adds modern deathcore saturation

Drive 2 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

The NGL-20 is a generic solid-state practice amp with an unverified control layout, so settings provide core gain and bass/treble voicing while nulling mid and presence. Because you are playing single-coil pickups into a practice amp rather than low-tuned humbuckers through a 5150 rig, amp drive is pushed to 7 with tone slightly rolled off to tame Telecaster single-coil spikiness. If you acquire a dedicated high-gain distortion pedal, switch the amp to clean with gain at 2.

PRO TIPSlaughter to Prevail plays in extreme drop tunings (Drop A / Drop G); tune down or use heavy strings, palm-mute tightly right against the bridge saddles, and pick aggressively with a heavy gauge pick to replicate the sharp percussive attack.

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