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Chop Suey! amp settings — Revoltage RV-15M

The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Chop Suey!”, dialed in for a Revoltage RV-15M with a PSD Guitars STC-100-HSS. Studio version, Toxicity album (2001)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 + Mesa Rectifier layers, Ibanez Iceman IC300 with stock ceramic humbuckers, bridge pickup, Drop C tuning, no pedals for distorted riff

Aggressive mid-forward crunch with tight low-end, clear note articulation despite heavy gain, Armenian-scale riff bite

Amp settings — Revoltage RV-15M

CHANNELHigh Gain / Distortion channelBRIGHToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Your Revoltage RV-15M is a budget solid-state practice amp with less mid-range complexity than the JCM800. I pushed mids to 7 (vs original ~5.5) to compensate for the flatter voicing. Bass dropped to 4 because small speakers get muddy fast in Drop C — the original had a 4x12 cab handling low-end. Your HSS guitar's bridge humbucker is lower output than Malakian's ceramic Iceman pickups, so gain stays at 7 to maintain aggressive saturation.

PRO TIPThe secret to Malakian's clarity in Drop C is aggressive palm-muting technique with the pick angled hard — dig in close to the bridge and mute tightly. This prevents the low tuning from becoming a mud puddle, even on a practice amp.

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