What amp settings do I need for the Chokehold guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 6, bass 4.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 6, reverb 3. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

Can I get the Chokehold tone on a different guitar or amp?

Yes. Different guitars and amps need different knob positions to sound the same. GuitarToneAdapt models pickup output and wood brightness, then compensates so you match the record on your own rig.

🎸 Progressive Metal · 2023

Chokehold (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

Q: What gear was used for the Chokehold tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 (Neural DSP Archetype: Gojira via Quad Cortex); Tube Screamer-style boost (tightens the low end), High-gain amp model: Revv Generator / 5150 (NDSP Archetype: Gojira / Quad Cortex), Noise gate (ISP Decimator) for the tight chug, Reverb + delay + modulation for the ambient clean sections.

by Sleep Token · riff

The Chokehold by Sleep Token guitar tone is built on a Revv Generator / Peavey 5150, dialed in at gain 6/10, bass 4.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 6 (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)

GAIN

4.5

BASS

6.5

MID

6.5

TREBLE

PRESENCE

REVERB

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

Original gear

Amp: Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 (Neural DSP Archetype: Gojira via Quad Cortex)

Pickups

Active/high-output humbuckers (Fishman Fluence Modern) for tight low-tuned chug; neck pickup for warm ambient cleans

Effects / signal chain

Tube Screamer-style boost (tightens the low end), High-gain amp model: Revv Generator / 5150 (NDSP Archetype: Gojira / Quad Cortex), Noise gate (ISP Decimator) for the tight chug, Reverb + delay + modulation for the ambient clean sections

Tone character

crushing, tight djent, ambient R&B cleans, dynamic, articulate low end, high-gain

Recording context

Modern progressive metal, 2023; low-tuned 8-string, ambient cleans into a boosted high-gain amp model

How it’s played

smooth ambient R&B-pop build that erupts into crushing djent, mid, syncopated tempo, extreme — soft soulful verses to brutal heavy chorus dynamics · high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Chokehold sound.

What makes the Chokehold part tricky

low 8-string / drop tuning, tight syncopated djent rhythm in the heavy sections, huge clean-to-heavy dynamic switching, boosted high-gain tone that stays articulate. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: Chokehold opens with ambient R&B-tinged cleans and detonates into a heavy djent groove — set up a clean/ambient patch and the heavy boosted patch. Tightness from a moderate amp gain (5-6) + a Tube Screamer boost into a high-gain model, not maxed gain. Knob numbers are community-researched estimates.

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