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

Set your amp to roughly: gain 8, bass 5.5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 6, reverb 0. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

Can I get the Suffocate 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.

🎸 Metalcore · 2024

Suffocate (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

Q: What gear was used for the Suffocate tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: EVH 5150 / Bogner Überschall (Neural DSP Quad Cortex modeling 5150 III live); Way Huge Swollen Pickle fuzz / Maxon ST9 or TS9 Tube Screamer boost (grit + tightness), High-gain amp: EVH 5150 / 5150 III / Bogner Überschall 'hell tone' (Neural DSP Quad Cortex live), ISP Decimator II noise gate (dead-tight breakdown stops), Boss DD-3 delay / CE-5 chorus for texture.

by Knocked Loose · riff

The Suffocate by Knocked Loose guitar tone is built on a EVH 5150 / Bogner Überschall, dialed in at gain 8/10, bass 5.5, mid 6, treble 6, 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

5.5

BASS

MID

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: EVH 5150 / Bogner Überschall (Neural DSP Quad Cortex modeling 5150 III live)

Pickups

High-output / active 7-string humbuckers (DiMarzio Fusion Edge) for crushing, defined drop-A chug

Effects / signal chain

Way Huge Swollen Pickle fuzz / Maxon ST9 or TS9 Tube Screamer boost (grit + tightness), High-gain amp: EVH 5150 / 5150 III / Bogner Überschall 'hell tone' (Neural DSP Quad Cortex live), ISP Decimator II noise gate (dead-tight breakdown stops), Boss DD-3 delay / CE-5 chorus for texture

Tone character

brutal, crushing, ultra-low, tight breakdowns, gated, high-gain

Recording context

Modern hardcore/metalcore, 2024; Drop-A 7-string into a boosted, hard-gated 5150 / Bogner Uberschall

How it’s played

crushing modern hardcore/metalcore — pummeling breakdowns with dynamic clean-sung sections, mid, heavy and pummeling tempo, extreme — eerie cleans to bone-crushing breakdowns dynamics · high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Suffocate sound.

What makes the Suffocate part tricky

very low Drop A 7-string tuning, tight, heavy palm-muted breakdown riffing and dive bombs, dead-tight gating for the breakdown stops, dynamic shifts between clean and crushing sections. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.

Note: Brutal beatdown tone: ultra-low Drop A on a 7-string with active pickups, a fuzz/Tube Screamer boost into a high-gain 5150 or Bogner Überschall, and a hard noise gate (ISP Decimator) for the dead-tight breakdown stops. Heavy but keep it defined — don't let the bass turn to mud. Knob numbers are community-researched estimates.

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