What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse amp settings — Line 6 Spider iv 75
The The Black Dahlia Murder guitar tone for “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider iv 75 with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Nocturnal (2007)
Peavey 5150 / 6505 (Lead Channel), Maxon OD808 boost, ESP/LTD Eclipse/Horizon with EMG 81, Mesa 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
Used as a clean boost into the amp input to cut sub-bass flub and push aggressive upper-mid attack
02Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Run in X-pattern or directly after the SD-1 to clamp fast palm-muted stops
03MXR M108S Ten Band EQ
Run in front or loop: tightens the 1-2kHz aggressive 5150 bark while rolling off extreme subs
The Spider IV 'Metal' model emulates a Peavey 5150, but Line 6 high-gain models tend to fizz easily in the top end and run hot, so amp gain is kept around 6. Running your SD-1 as a clean boost (Drive at 0, Level cranked) tightens the Jackson's passive high-output pickups to mimic the percussive attack of Eschbach's active EMGs. The Spider IV 75 has no physical presence knob, so presence is nulled and fine-tuned using the 2kHz-4kHz sliders on your MXR M108S.
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