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Toxicity amp settings — Fender Champion II 50

The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Toxicity”, dialed in for a Fender Champion II 50 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Toxicity (2001) — heavy main riff/chorus

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red Modern) + Marshall JCM800, Gibson SG Special with humbuckers, Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Tight scooped high-gain with aggressive low-end thump and sharp pick attack, palm-muted precision

Amp settings — Fender Champion II 50

CHANNELMetal voice (Voice knob set to Metal 2000 / high-gain American)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Champion II 50 features a 2-band EQ without a dedicated mid knob, so the American Metal voice inherently provides the scooped-mid Dual Rectifier character needed for this track. Pushing the bass to 8 delivers the tight low-end chug while treble at 7 ensures sharp pick attack through the Ibanez bridge humbucker. Reverb is set to 0 to keep the palm-muted riffing punchy and bone-dry. Clean intro/verse: roll the guitar volume back to 3-4 or tap the channel footswitch to Channel 1 clean.

PRO TIPDaron Malakian tunes to Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D); use heavy-gauge strings (at least 10-52) and dig in hard with a thick, sharp pick right next to the bridge to keep the dropped low-C string tight and punchy on palm mutes.

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