🎸 Metal · 2010s

BFG Division (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Mick Gordon · riff

The BFG Division by Mick Gordon guitar tone is built on a High-gain, dialed in at gain 8/10, bass 6, mid 5, treble 5.5, presence 5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

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Amp settings (0–10)

8
GAIN
6
BASS
5
MID
5.5
TREBLE
5
PRESENCE
1
REVERB

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

Original gear

Amp: High-gain, hard-gated — heavily re-amped/processed (not a simple amp setting)

Pickups

bridge (active, very low-tuned)

Effects / signal chain

distortion, noise gate

Tone character

extreme low-tuned djent, industrial & processed, machine-tight, brutal

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

extreme low-tuned processed djent distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the BFG Division sound.

What makes the BFG Division part tricky

extreme low tuning, machine-tight muting, polyrhythm, processing. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: BFG Division is EXTREME industrial djent — Mick Gordon used 9-string (also 8- and 7-string) guitars tuned VERY low, Meshuggah-style, then HEAVILY processed them (he even mixed the DOOM chainsaw sound INTO the riffs via Zynaptiq Morph). It’s less about amp knobs than about a very low tuning, a hard-gated high-gain tone, and creative re-amping/processing., Use the lowest-tuned guitar you have (7/8/9-string), a tight high-gain tone with a hard noise gate, mids present-to-slightly-scooped, and lean into layering/processing. The extreme low tuning + processing IS the sound., Settings are community-researched starting points; Gordon’s tone is heavily processed, so treat the amp values as a launch pad only.

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Settings are community-researched estimates, not official. GuitarToneAdapt adapts them to your gear. guitartoneadapt.com