Lateralus amp settings — Crate 100

The Tool guitar tone for “Lateralus”, dialed in for a Crate 100 with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Lateralus (2001) — main heavy riff

Original rig

Diezel VH4 (Channel 3) blended with Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst (Seymour Duncan JB bridge), MXR Phase 90, MXR Micro Amp

Mid-forward grinding high-gain with slow phaser sweep, tight lows, articulate aggression — NOT scooped

Amp settings — Crate 100

CHANNELSolo / High Gain ChannelBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01MXR Phase 90

RECOMMENDED — not owned; set slow speed for signature sweep across heavy riffs

Speed 2

Why these settings

Adam Jones avoids standard modern metal mid-scoops, relying instead on the aggressive, punchy midrange of Diezel Channel 3. On your solid-state Crate 100, push mids to 7 and cap bass at 5 to keep the palm mutes articulate rather than boomy. The Crate high-gain channel at gain 7 delivers the required saturation without an external drive pedal. Clean interlude: roll guitar volume back to 4 or switch to the clean channel.

PRO TIPPick aggressively close to the bridge using heavy downstrokes with a thick pick (1.0mm+) to emulate the signature percussive attack of the Seymour Duncan JB pickup.

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