Chop suey amp settings — Carlsbro Carlsbro stingray lead 30
The System of a down guitar tone for “Chop suey”, dialed in for a Carlsbro Carlsbro stingray lead 30 with a Donner Donner DMT 66. Studio version, Toxicity (2001) - Main heavy riff
Gibson SG Standard / Ibanez Iceman into Marshall JCM800 2203 and Mesa/Boogie Dual/Triple Rectifier blended, tight aggressive attack in Drop C tuning
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive
Used as a clean boost to tighten low-end flub and push the analog drive into modern high-gain saturation
The Carlsbro Stingray Lead 30 is an analog solid-state combo with high-gain limitations, lacking the cascaded tube roar of Malakian's JCM800/Rectifier wall. To reach Toxicity's tight low-end tracking in Drop C without muddying out, set the amp's overdrive gain to 7 and run the Behringer TO800 out front with Drive low and Level pushed to tighten the front end. Keep the mids slightly pulled to 4 and treble crisp at 7 to capture the sharp percussive cut. Clean verse: bypass the TO800 and switch the amp to its clean channel with guitar volume rolled back slightly.
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