Alkaline amp settings — Fender Frontman 10G
The Sleep Token guitar tone for “Alkaline”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 10G with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, This Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021)
Jackson SLAT8 MS 8-string (EMG 909 bridge) → Neural DSP Archetype Gojira plugin, tuned double drop E
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 10 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 0 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED — not owned)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. A Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, TC Electronic Dark Matter, or Behringer HM300 clone would get you closest to this modern high-gain tone. Without a distortion pedal, this tone is unobtainable on the Frontman 10G.
This tone is fundamentally unobtainable with your current rig. The Frontman 10G is a 10-watt solid-state practice amp with no high-gain capability, and the Strat's single coils cannot replicate the tight, compressed output of EMG 909 active humbuckers on an 8-string. The settings above maximize what the amp can do — gain maxed, mids scooped to approximate the modern metal scoop, bass pushed for weight. A high-gain distortion pedal is mandatory to get anywhere close; the amp's overdrive circuit alone produces thin, fizzy breakup rather than the chunky saturation this song requires.
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