Arieals amp settings — Orange Crush 12
The System of a down guitar tone for “Arieals”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Live performance, Toxicity era / Big Day Out (2002)
Ibanez Custom Iceman (ICX120 / IC300 with Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion) into Marshall JMP-1 preamp, Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, and Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabs
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 6 |
01Boss DS-1 Distortion
Direct into amp input — acts as primary high-gain drive stage
Because the Boss DS-1 is your primary gain source for Daron's high-gain drop-C rhythm tone, the Orange Crush 12 must be kept clean with amp gain dialed back to 2 to prevent muddy double-gain stacking. The Orange Crush 12's naturally thick, dark low-mids are compensated by keeping mid at 7 and treble at 6 while rolling the DS-1 Tone to 12 o'clock (5). The amp physically lacks Presence and Reverb knobs, so both are omitted.
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