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Chased through the woods by a rapist amp settings — Vox VT40X

The Tachycardia guitar tone for “Chased through the woods by a rapist”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, 'Chased Through the Woods by a Rapist' — Waking the Cadaver cover performed by Tachycardia

Original rig

Likely 7-string guitar with active pickups (EMG 81/85 or similar), high-gain amp head (5150/6505, Mesa Dual Rectifier, or Peavey), tight low-end with scooped mids typical of brutal deathcore/slam death metal

Ultra-heavy downtuned brutal slam death metal — massive low-end, scooped mids, aggressive high-gain saturation with tight palm mutes

Amp settings — Vox VT40X

CHANNELHigh Gain model (US Hi Gain or Brit Hi Gain — select US Hi Gain for tighter 5150-style response)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The VT40X's US Hi Gain model approximates the 5150/6505 voicing essential for slam death metal. Gain at 9 reaches the saturation needed for brutal deathcore. Mids scooped to 3 to match the genre's characteristic hollow aggression, but not lower — the Jackson's passive humbuckers need some mid presence to cut through. Bass at 7 provides the downtuned weight without becoming muddy through the modeling amp's 10" speaker. Zero reverb — this genre is bone dry.

PRO TIPPick directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces with a heavy 1.0mm+ pick and attack the strings at a steep angle — this adds the percussive 'clank' that defines slam metal palm mutes and prevents the downtuned low strings from sounding flabby.

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