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A Warrior's Call amp settings — Peavey Vypyr 15-watt

The Volbeat guitar tone for “A Warrior's Call”, dialed in for a Peavey Vypyr 15-watt with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven (2010)

Original rig

EVH 5150 III (blue/crunch channel), Gibson ES-335 or Epiphone Swingster with humbuckers, tight high-gain with minimal effects

Tight, punchy high-gain rhythm with aggressive mids and controlled low-end for palm-muted riffs

Amp settings — Peavey Vypyr 15-watt

CHANNELUS High Gain (6505 model) or 5150 modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Hammertone Metal

Use as a clean boost/EQ shaper only — amp provides the gain. Dist at 0, use Level to push the front end for tighter attack on palm mutes.

Level 7 · Low 4 · High 6 · Dist 0

Why these settings

Poulsen uses humbuckers into a 5150-style amp; your Squier's single coils are thinner and brighter. The Vypyr's 6505/5150 model gets you close to that tight American high-gain voicing. Mids pushed to 7 compensates for the Strat's natural scoop, and bass at 4 keeps palm mutes from getting flubby through the smaller speaker. Tone knob rolled to 7 tames single-coil ice-pick.

PRO TIPFor the signature Volbeat palm-mute chug, anchor your picking hand firmly on the bridge saddles and use downstrokes only — the tone lives in consistent, aggressive right-hand attack, not extra gain.

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