Patient amp settings — Roland Cube 40GX
The Tool guitar tone for “Patient”, dialed in for a Roland Cube 40GX with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, Lateralus (2001)
Marshall Super Bass 100 + Diezel VH4 + Mesa Dual Rectifier, Gibson Les Paul Custom with Seymour Duncan JB, Boss DD-5 delay, DOD FX40B EQ
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Cube 40GX Built-in Digital Delay
Set delay time to approximately 450ms; use the DELAY effect on the Cube's panel. Multiple repeats are essential for the song's atmosphere.
Jones uses a mahogany Les Paul with a high-output JB humbucker—your Squier's single coils are thinner and brighter. Compensate by pushing bass +1 and mid +1 vs typical settings, rolling treble back to 5 to avoid ice-pick highs. The LEAD model on the Cube approximates the Marshall voicing but lacks the dense low-mid weight of Jones' rig; the neck pickup with tone at 7 softens the Strat's bite. Gain stays low (3) because 'The Patient' is not a high-gain track—it's clean-ish with lush delay.
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