🎸 Progressive · 2010s

G.O.A.T. (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Polyphia · riff

The G.O.A.T. by Polyphia guitar tone is built on a high-gain profiler, dialed in at gain 7/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 7, 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)

7
GAIN
5
BASS
6
MID
7
TREBLE
6
PRESENCE
2
REVERB

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

Original gear

Guitar: Ibanez (Tim Henson signature) · Amp: high-gain profiler

Pickups

bridge humbucker

Effects / signal chain

delay

Tone character

Tight, bright modern high-gain for the leads with clarity for fast hybrid-picked runs.

Note: Amp settings are a genre-typical informed estimate for this band; modern metal tones are often profiler/plugin-based (e.g. Axe-Fx, Neural, Kemper). Adapt to your rig by ear.

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