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Aerials amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Aerials”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Fender Squier. Studio version, Toxicity (2001) — heavy main riff and chorus tone

Original rig

1962 Gibson SG / Les Paul (bridge humbucker) into blended Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier (Modern High Gain) and Marshall JMP 2203, tuned to Drop C

Aggressive, mid-forward wall-of-sound modern high gain with tight low end and sharp bite

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

CHANNELOverdrive switch engaged

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens the low-end attack for modern Drop C tracking

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 12 has a naturally dark, thick low-mid voice, so treble is pushed to 7 and bass is dialed back to 5 to keep the 6-inch speaker from farting out in Drop C. On a Squier Strat with single coils, keep the volume and tone wide open on the bridge pickup to maximize output and bite into the solid-state gain stage. If you add the recommended TS9 overdrive later, keep amp gain around 6 to avoid muddy clipping while tightening the palm mutes.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) and strike your heavy open power chords with aggressive, downward palm-muted pick attack right next to the bridge saddles to maximize percussive bite.

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