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I Don't Wanna Be Me amp settings — Orange Crush 20RT

The Type O Negative guitar tone for “I Don't Wanna Be Me”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20RT with a Ibanez GSA60. Studio version, Life Is Killing Me (2003)

Original rig

ADA MP-1 preamp → MosValve power amp → Marshall 4x12 cab; Gibson SG with Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup; subtle chorus always on; guitar tuned to B standard

Thick, grinding mid-focused high-gain with slow chorus shimmer underneath; heavy low-mids without mud

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20RT

CHANNELDirty channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20RT is naturally warm and thick in the low-mids, which works well for this tone. I've pulled bass down to 4 (vs Hickey's 6) to prevent mud since the Orange already emphasizes that range. Mid pushed to 7 to get that grinding, defined chug — the Crush can get woolly without it. Your Ibanez GSA60 has Infinity humbuckers which are lower output than Hickey's JB, so gain stays high at 8. Rolling tone knob to 7 tames the Ibanez's brighter voicing.

PRO TIPHickey ran a slow chorus always-on to thicken the tone without obvious modulation — if you ever add a chorus pedal, set rate around 2-3 and depth at 4-5 so it's felt, not heard. Without it, try picking closer to the neck to add natural warmth and slightly roll your tone knob down during palm-muted sections for that dense, buried-in-concrete chug.

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