The Distortion by Kessoku Band guitar tone is built on a Bright high-gain crunch, dialed in at gain 6/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 5.5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.
🎛️ These settings are for the original rig — re-dial them for YOUR amp in 10 seconds. Free, no signup →Measured against the 540 rock tones in our researched catalog: Gain 6 sits above the rock average (4.8) — a hotter, more saturated take than most rock tones; mids at 6 are right around average (6.2).
Amp: Bright high-gain crunch (Bogner-style) with a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver + a ProCo RAT for leads
bridge (Les Paul, bright)
overdrive, distortion, delay
bright articulate crunch, BD-2 rhythm + RAT lead, driving J-rock, melodic
studio
bright BD-2 crunch + RAT lead distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Distortion sound.
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The driving riff and melodic leads are the work; the tone is a Les Paul with a BD-2 crunch (rhythm) and a RAT (lead) into a bright high-gain amp.
Set your amp to roughly: gain 6, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 5.5, reverb 2. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.
Original gear/effects: Amp: Bright high-gain crunch (Bogner-style) with a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver + a ProCo RAT for leads; overdrive, distortion, delay.
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.
Start with bridge (Les Paul, bright), the amp EQ above (gain 6, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 5.5, reverb 2), and overdrive, distortion, delay. Then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for the guitar, amp and pedals you actually own so it sits like the record.
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