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Spiders amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Spiders”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Fender Squier. Studio version, System of a Down (1998)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul / Ibanez Custom into Marshall JMP/Plexi 100W blended with Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier into 4x12 cabs

Heavy, dark, aggressive Drop-C riff tone with thick saturation and tight low-end attack

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

CHANNELOverdrive channel (Gain & Overdrive engaged)

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Orange Crush 12 provides thick analog low-mids that fit Daron's Mesa/Marshall blend nicely, but its single 6-inch speaker will muddy if bass is pushed too high. With single-coil Strat pickups, pushing the mid control to 7 and gain/overdrive to 8 adds the necessary body and aggression to simulate heavy humbuckers in Drop C. The Crush 12 lacks presence and onboard reverb knobs, so those values are null.

PRO TIPTune down to Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) and strike your palm-muted low chords with a heavy, aggressive downstroke near the bridge saddles to get the tight, menacing percussive thud heard on the self-titled record.

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