Sir This Is A Cutthroat Fashion by Her Words Kill (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

The Sir This Is A Cutthroat Fashion by Her Words Kill guitar tone is built on a Unknown, dialed in at gain 8.5/10, bass 5.5, mid 4.5, treble 7, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

Amp settings (0–10)

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

How these settings compare

Measured against the 284 metal tones in our researched catalog: Gain 8.5 sits above the metal average (7.3) — a hotter, more saturated take than most metal tones; mids at 4.5 are right around average (5.2).

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Original gear

Guitar: Unknown (exact model not found) · Amp: Unknown (exact model not found)

No direct evidence of specific guitar, pickups, or amp model used on the studio recording of 'Sir This Is A Cutthroat Fashion' by Her Words Kill. No official rig rundown, interviews, or studio notes found. No live footage or photos available. All gear information is estimated based on genre, era, and typical gear for post-hardcore/metalcore bands of the 2000s. Studio recording, circa 2007-2008.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

Bridge pickup (likely humbucker, but not confirmed)

Signal chain

Unknown (exact model not found) → Distortion pedal (model unknown) → Noise gate (model unknown) → Unknown (exact model not found)

Effects

distortion, noise_gate

Tone character

tight and percussive, aggressive palm muting, scooped mids, modern high-gain saturation, articulate attack, focused low end, crisp high end, minimal ambience, dry, punchy riff sound, no audible modulation effects

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

straight, fast tempo, aggressive dynamics · high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Sir This Is A Cutthroat Fashion sound.

Difficulty

3.5/5 · Riff

The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting typical of metalcore, demanding good right-hand control and rhythmic precision.

Worth knowing

• No direct evidence of exact guitar, pickups, amp, or pedal models used on this recording.
• No official rig rundown, interviews, or studio notes found for Her Words Kill or this song.
• No live footage or photos available to confirm gear.
• All gear and settings are estimated based on genre (post-hardcore/metalcore), era (2000s), and typical tones for similar bands.
• No evidence of modulation or time-based effects in the riff section; distortion is high-gain and dry.
• If more information becomes available (e.g., direct artist statements, studio logs), update this entry.
• Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Her Words Kill's tone on this track is modern metalcore: very high gain, tight low end, slightly scooped but not hollow mids, and clear but not harsh treble. The production is dry and punchy, with little to no reverb, matching mid-2000s metalcore conventions and likely using a boosted high-gain amp (e.g., 5150/6505 or Rectifier) with mids dialed back for aggression.

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Sources

• Her Words Kill : r/PostHardcore - Reddit

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