The Beginning by ONE OK ROCK guitar tone is built on a Friedman BE-100, dialed in at gain 6.5/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6.5, presence 6 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.
tight sharp mid-rich modern rock crunch distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the The Beginning sound.
What makes the The Beginning part tricky
tight riffing, dynamic clean-to-heavy, precise. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.
Note: The Beginning is a tight, razor-sharp modern rock crunch — a standard-tuned Les Paul into a Friedman BE-100-style high-gain, mids present, tight low end. Carve a little around 2–4kHz so it sits with vocals. Not scooped; precise and punchy., Use a bridge humbucker into a tight, mid-rich high-gain amp, keep the low end tight, dip 2–4kHz slightly, medium-high gain. Precise and punchy., Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.