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the devil in i amp settings — ridgewood yes

The slipknot guitar tone for “the devil in i”, dialed in for a ridgewood yes with a ridgewood yes. Studio version, .5: The Gray Chapter (2014)

Original rig

Jim Root: Orange Rockerverb 100 MKII + Fender Jim Root Telecaster (EMG 81/60); Mick Thomson: Rivera KR7 + Ibanez MTM1 (EMG 81). Both tuned B-Gb-B-E-Ab-Db (Drop B).

Crushing modern metal — tight low-end, scooped mids, aggressive high-gain saturation with percussive attack

Amp settings — ridgewood yes

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Noise Gate (RECOMMENDED — not owned)

RECOMMENDED — essential for high-gain metal to kill string noise and tighten palm mutes. ISP Decimator or Boss NS-2 are standard choices. Place before amp input.

Threshold 7 · Decay 3

02Overdrive/Boost (RECOMMENDED — not owned)

RECOMMENDED — a Tube Screamer style OD with drive at 0, used as a clean boost to tighten low-end and add pick attack. This is standard practice for modern metal tones.

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

Your Ridgewood amp is an unknown/budget model, so I'm giving you aggressive baseline metal settings: gain maxed, bass strong but not muddy, mids scooped to 4 for that modern metal thump, treble moderate for articulation without fizz. The original uses high-end tube amps with tight power sections — your amp will likely be looser and fizzier at max gain, so if it sounds harsh, drop treble to 5 and gain to 8. Without a noise gate, this tone will be noisy; muting discipline is critical.

PRO TIPPalm mute pressure is everything for this tone — Slipknot's rhythm attack comes from extremely tight, percussive palm mutes right at the bridge saddles, not loose mutes near the soundhole. Practice muting with the fleshy part of your palm barely touching the strings for maximum chunk.

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