Aquarian amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR

The Sleep guitar tone for “Aquarian”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL40CR with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard into Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz / modified tube amp rig (Laney / Matamp era) into cranked 4x12 cabs

Crushing, sludge-heavy octave fuzz with massive low-end wallop and scooped mid grit

Amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR

CHANNELClassic Gain (Clean mode)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	8
Mid	6
Treble	4
Presence	3
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz

Mode 2 (Fuzz 2 / scooped high-gain mode) replicates the classic Boss FZ-2 circuit used by Matt Pike

Level 8 · Treble 5 · Bass 9 · Gain 8 · Mode 2

Why these settings

Per double-gain prevention rules, the DSL40CR is set to the pure Clean mode on Classic Gain with preamp gain kept low to let the SF300 deliver the full saturation. Because your Stratocaster single coils are naturally brighter and thinner than Matt Pike's Les Paul humbuckers, amp treble is dialed back, bass is boosted to 8, and the guitar tone knob is rolled to 7 to thicken the fundamental fuzz tone.

PRO TIPTune down to C Standard (C-F-A#-D#-G-C) and use heavy-gauge strings with a heavy downward pick attack right above the bridge pickup to emulate Matt Pike's massive low-frequency tracking.

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