Psychosocial amp settings — Folk Cjsv

The Slipknot guitar tone for “Psychosocial”, dialed in for a Folk Cjsv with a Washburn Dime. Studio version, All Hope Is Gone (2008) — Mick Thomson lead

Original rig

Diezel Herbert 180W head, Ibanez MTM1 with EMG 81 bridge pickup, noise gate, slight delay

Saturated high-gain lead with scooped mids, razor treble, articulate note separation, singing sustain

Amp settings — Folk Cjsv

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (any basic gate)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone — the silence between notes is critical. Run before amp input.

Threshold 7 · Decay 3

02Digital Delay (DD-3 / DD-7 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Very subtle slapback, adds dimension without washing out articulation. Would go in FX loop if amp had one; run direct into amp input otherwise.

E.Level 2 · F.Back 2 · D.Time 4 · Mode 5

Why these settings

The Folk Cjsv is an unrecognized amp model — I've provided settings based on standard high-gain amp conventions targeting the Diezel Herbert's voicing. Your Washburn Dime with its high-output humbuckers approximates the EMG 81's aggressive character well, so no gain compensation needed. Keep mids scooped at 4 for that modern metal scoop, but treble high at 8 for pick attack clarity. The Diezel original runs dry — reverb stays at 0.

PRO TIPPick aggressively right over the bridge pickup pole pieces with the fleshy part of your thumb lightly grazing the strings after each note — this gives that controlled, percussive attack with singing sustain Mick gets. The gate handles the cleanup, but your picking hand controls the dynamics.

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