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Lonely Day amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Lonely Day”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Hypnotize (2005) - iconic intro/verse clean arpeggios

Original rig

Gibson SG Custom → MXR Phase 90 → Boss DD-6 → Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier / Friedman-modded Marshall JMP100

Warm, spacious clean with subtle phaser sweep and ambient digital delay

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELClean

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01MXR Phase 90

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Speed 3

02Boss DD-6 Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; set for dotted 8th / 1/4 note subtle repeats

E.Level 4 · F.Back 4 · D.Time 5 · Mode 5

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 is kept on its dedicated Clean channel to replicate Daron's crystal-clean intro, pushing the mids slightly to match the SG body resonance through the Jackson's humbuckers. Since the Crush 20 lacks onboard reverb, presence, and modulation, the phaser and delay are recommended to capture the swirling, floating studio space. Heavy distorted chorus: step on the amp channel switch to Dirty with Gain at 7 and Bass at 6.

PRO TIPPick the arpeggio chords cleanly near the neck pickup using a medium-thickness pick (0.73mm–0.88mm) and let all notes ring into each other across the chord shape to maximize sustain without clipping the preamp.

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