Nightwish amp settings — Hotone Ampero
The Wishmaster guitar tone for “Nightwish”, dialed in for a Hotone Ampero with a Ltd Ec-401. Studio version, Wishmaster album (2000) - main rhythm track
Washburn CS-780 (Seymour Duncan TB-5 bridge) into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier / SansAmp PSA-1 into Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
01Screamer / Green 9 (Ampero Drive Block)
Clean overdrive boost in front of the amp block to tighten palm-muted power chords
02Noise Gate (Ampero Noise Reduction Block)
Placed after drive block / before amp block to kill high-gain hum and tighten staccato chugging
The ESP/LTD EC-401 typically sports active EMG 81/60 pickups which push hot, compressed upper-mids with a tight low cut compared to Emppu's passive Seymour Duncan TB-5. Because the EMGs naturally push the front of the modeler hard, amp gain is pulled back slightly to 7, and mids are kept at 6 so the chugs cut cleanly without turning into mush. The Ampero's onboard Tube Screamer block is kept at 0 drive strictly to act as an input-tightening high-pass filter for fast symphonic metal triplets.
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