Lateralus amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 10 v4

The Tool guitar tone for “Lateralus”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 10 v4 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Lateralus album (2001)

Original rig

Diezel VH4 (Ch. 3) + 1976 Marshall Super Bass, Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst (SD Distortion pickup), Boss DD-3/DD-5 delay, Boss BF-2 flanger

Thick, mid-focused high-gain with tight low-end, articulate pick attack, and atmospheric delay textures

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 10 v4

CHANNELOD2 (highest gain voice), ISF at 2:00 (British/Marshall side)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Valeron GP-200 — Graphic EQ Block

Run in front of amp input; 800Hz boost is critical for Adam Jones' vocal-like midrange punch and 'velcro' grind

100Hz 4 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 6 · 800Hz 8 · 1.6kHz 6 · 3.2kHz 5 · 6.4kHz 4 · Level 7

02Valeron GP-200 — Digital Delay Block

Set to ~350-400ms; use for verse ambience and Reflection-style swells; bypass for tight riffing sections

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mix 3 · Mode 0

Why these settings

The ID:Core 10 lacks the VH4's massive headroom, so ISF pushed British retrieves some of that Marshall-side thickness Jones blends in. Mid at 7 compensates for your Pacifica's brighter single-coil-style humbuckers vs his Les Paul's fat output. Bass dropped to 4 keeps the small speaker tight—Jones runs tight lows even on a 4x12. The GP-200's 800Hz EQ boost is doing the heavy lifting that Jones achieves with rack EQ.

PRO TIPAdam Jones picks extremely close to the bridge with heavy attack and lets notes ring into each other—that 'velcro' grind comes from pick articulation hitting a mid-pushed amp, not from gain alone. Drop to D standard tuning and dig in hard on downstrokes.

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