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Before I Forget amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The Slipknot guitar tone for “Before I Forget”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Epiphone Les Paul Special II. Studio version, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004) — Jim Root's iconic drop-B riff

Original rig

Bogner-modded Uberschall head into V30 4x12, Fender Telecaster with EMG 81/60 humbuckers, Maxon OD-820 Overdrive boost

Tight, aggressive modern metal chunk with controlled low-end and cutting mid-presence

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

CHANNELDirty (Overdrive engaged via Gain knob)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	7
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

BOOST role: distortion nearly zeroed and level pushed high to tighten low-end tracking and add pick attack into the dirty amp

Tone 5 · Level 9 · Dist 1

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 12 handles high gain via its dedicated dirty circuit, so gain is set to 8 while the DS-1 acts strictly as an overdrive boost to mimic Root's front-end Maxon OD. Orange amps naturally push dark, thick low-mids, so bass is curbed at 5 and treble lifted to 7 to prevent drop-B mud through the 6-inch speaker. Passive Les Paul Special II humbuckers lack the built-in compression of active EMGs, requiring focused mid push at 6 to maintain chunk.

PRO TIPHeavy drop-B chugging requires hard, rhythmic palm muting placed right against the bridge saddles with an ultra-stiff pick (1.0mm+) to stop low notes from fretting out or going sharp.

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