Psychosocial amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Slipknot guitar tone for “Psychosocial”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio album cut, All Hope Is Gone (2008) - Main Drop A rhythm track

Original rig

Rivera KR-7 & Orange Rockerverb 100 into 4x12 cabs, Fender Telecaster/Signature Ibanez with EMG 81/60 & Seymour Duncan Blackout active pickups

Ultra-tight, percussive high-gain Drop A rhythm with aggressive upper-mid bite and tight low-end

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELOD2 voice (ISF at 8 / British)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Overdrive / Boost (e.g. Ibanez TS9 / Boss SD-1)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (tightens flubby Drop A low-end)

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 10

Why these settings

The Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 lacks individual 3-band EQ and presence knobs, using an ISF control instead; set voice to OD2 with ISF turned clockwise around 8 for a focused British upper-mid bark. Keep gain around 8 so the passive Ibanez Infinity humbuckers track aggressively without losing palm-mute clarity in Drop A. Adding a hardware TS-style overdrive with gain at 0 and level at 10 will significantly tighten the sub-lows on 5-inch practice speakers.

PRO TIPUse heavy-gauge strings (at least .012–.056 or .013–.062) for Drop A tuning and strike the strings with sharp, downward-angled pick attacks right near the bridge to prevent lower-string pitch drift on heavy palm mutes.

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