Animal i have become amp settings — Fender Blues Junior IV
The Three days grece guitar tone for “Animal i have become”, dialed in for a Fender Blues Junior IV with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, One-X (2006)
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red Channel, Modern Mode), PRS Custom 24 with humbuckers, Drop C tuning, Noise Gate
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 10 |
| Bass | 8 |
| Mid | 10 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 3 |
01Boss DS-1 Distortion
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for this tone. The Blues Junior cannot produce high-gain saturation on its own. A DS-1, RAT, or Metal Zone is required to get anywhere close to Rectifier-level gain.
02Noise Gate (Boss NS-2 or similar)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Place after distortion pedal. Necessary at these gain levels to control single-coil hum and feedback between riffs.
The Blues Junior is a clean platform amp with no high-gain channel — without a distortion pedal, this tone is impossible. Amp gain is maxed to add whatever grit the preamp offers, but the heavy lifting must come from an external dirt pedal. Mid is cranked to 10 because Fenders are naturally scooped; the original Rectifier tone is mid-forward. Treble is dropped to 4 because your Strat's single-coil bridge pickup is significantly brighter than the PRS humbuckers used on the recording. Reverb is zero — the original is bone dry.
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