Starting-point EQ for post-rock tone, averaged from 6 famous post-rock recordings. Dial these in, then fine-tune by ear — or let the tool below adapt them to the exact amp and guitar you own.
Mogwai Fear Satan — Mogwai · Ashes in the Snow — Mono · Your Hand in Mine — Explosions in the Sky · Fragile — God Is an Astronaut · The Mighty Rio Grande — This Will Destroy You · Svefn-g-englar — Sigur Ros
Averaged across 6 famous post-rock recordings: gain 4, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 5 (out of 10). Post-rock lives on DYNAMICS and AMBIENCE — big washes of delay and reverb, volume swells, and quiet-clean verses that build to a wall-of-sound crescendo. Moderate gain for the peaks (let the effects and the build do the work, not saturation), clean headroom for the swells. Think Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, This Will Destroy You.
Start with gain 4, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 5 (all out of 10), then fine-tune by ear. Lower the gain for cleaner passages, and push the mids up if the guitar disappears in a band mix.
You don’t need the exact amp, though — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials any post-rock tone for the amp and guitar you already own, free in the browser.
Set the starting EQ above, then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for your specific amp, guitar and pedals so it sits like the record — no new gear needed.