Antisocial (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

The Antisocial by Trust guitar tone is built on a Marshall-style crunch, dialed in at gain 6.5/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

Amp settings (0–10)

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

Original gear

Amp: Marshall-style crunch (Iron Maiden-era influence) — driving French hard rock/metal

Pickups

bridge (humbucker, driving)

Effects / signal chain

distortion

Tone character

driving Marshall crunch, mid-forward, French metal, punchy

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

driving Marshall-style hard-rock/metal crunch distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Antisocial sound.

What makes the Antisocial part tricky

driving riff, tight downpicking, feel. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: Antisocial is a driving French hard-rock/metal crunch — a humbucker into a Marshall-style amp, medium-high gain, mids present, treble up. Punchy and mid-forward, not scooped., Use a bridge humbucker into a Marshall-style crunch, medium-high gain, mids up, treble up; downpick the riff tight and driving., Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Sources

• Nono Krief (Trust) Interview — Guitariste.com
• Trust — Matt’s Guitar Shop

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