pneuma amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

The Tool guitar tone for “pneuma”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Fender Jim Root Telecaster. Studio version, Fear Inoculum (2019) — main heavy progressive riff

Original rig

1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst (Seymour Duncan Distortion) into Diezel VH4 (Channel 3) blended with vintage Marshall Super Bass and Boss DD-3 / MXR Carbon Copy delay

Thick, articulate, mid-heavy high-gain crunch with tight percussive low end and analog delay repeats

Amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

CHANNELChannel 2 (Metal / High Gain Voice)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Digital Delay (Champion 50XL FX)

Select the onboard Delay setting; set time around 500ms with 1-2 repeats for the rhythmic riff accents

FX Level 4 · FX Select 7

Why these settings

The Champion 50XL features only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no dedicated Mid or Presence knobs). Set the Amp Voice to 'Metal 2000' to simulate the tight German high-gain character of Adam Jones' Diezel VH4, and push the Bass to 7 to replicate his blended Marshall Super Bass low-end foundation. Since your Jim Root Telecaster features high-output active EMG humbuckers, amp gain is kept at 6 to prevent the attack from getting mushy. Clean intro switch: flip to Channel 1 clean and turn the FX knob to increase delay mix.

PRO TIPAdam Jones tunes to Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) and strikes the open strings heavily while muting with the side of the picking palm right near the bridge saddles to get that signature punchy, resonant chug.

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