🎸 Rock · 2020s

Distance (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Mammoth WVH · riff

The Distance by Mammoth WVH guitar tone is built on a EVH 5150III 50W, dialed in at gain 6/10, bass 6.5, mid 6, treble 4.5, 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)

6
GAIN
6.5
BASS
6
MID
4.5
TREBLE
5
PRESENCE
2
REVERB

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

Original gear

Amp: EVH 5150III 50W (Blue/Crunch channel) into a 4x12 — Gibson ES-335

Pickups

bridge (ES-335 humbucker, warm & thick)

Effects / signal chain

distortion, noise gate

Tone character

warm thick high-gain, ES-335 into 5150, dynamic, melodic

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

warm thick modern high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Distance sound.

What makes the Distance part tricky

dynamic build, warm high-gain, melodic leads. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: Distance is a warm, thick modern high-gain — a Gibson ES-335 (or humbucker) into an EVH 5150III Blue/Crunch channel. Wolf runs it BASS-heavy with treble pulled BACK (bass ~7, treble ~4-5), medium-high gain, and a tight gate. Warm and thick, not bright or scooped. Build dynamically into the chorus., Use a warm humbucker into a 5150-style crunch channel, bass up, treble back, medium-high gain with a tight gate; keep verses cleaner and open into a big warm chorus., Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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