The Summoning by Sleep Token guitar tone is built on a Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 / Mesa Dual Rectifier, dialed in at gain 6/10, bass 4.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 6 (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 19 djent / progressive metal tones in our researched catalog: Gain 6 sits right around the djent / progressive metal average (6.8); mids at 6.5 are right around average (5.6).
Amp: Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 / Mesa Dual Rectifier (high-gain, via Quad Cortex + Neural DSP)
Active or high-output humbuckers (Fishman Fluence Modern / EMG 81 / Bare Knuckle) for tight, saturated low-tuned chug
Tube Screamer-style boost (low gain, high level — tightens the low end before the amp), High-gain amp model: Revv Generator / 5150 / Mesa Rectifier (Quad Cortex capture; NDSP Archetype Gojira/Nameless), Noise gate (ISP Decimator) to control the high-gain chug, Reverb (Boss RV-6) for ambient space; flanger on the clean outro
crushing, tight, modern djent, articulate low end, ambient cleans, high-gain
Modern progressive metal / metalcore, 2023; low-tuned 8-string into a boosted high-gain amp model with ambient cleans
ambient cinematic build into crushing djent groove, mid, syncopated tempo, huge — soft ambient verses to heavy drop chorus dynamics · high-gain distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the The Summoning sound.
3.5/5
The riffs aren't the fastest, but the low tuning, tight rhythmic precision and the boosted high-gain tone make this a real tone-and-timing challenge.
Set your amp to roughly: gain 6, bass 4.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 6, reverb 3. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.
Original gear/effects: Amp: Revv Generator / Peavey 5150 / Mesa Dual Rectifier (high-gain, via Quad Cortex + Neural DSP); Tube Screamer-style boost (low gain, high level — tightens the low end before the amp), High-gain amp model: Revv Generator / 5150 / Mesa Rectifier (Quad Cortex capture; NDSP Archetype Gojira/Nameless), Noise gate (ISP Decimator) to control the high-gain chug, Reverb (Boss RV-6) for ambient space; flanger on the clean outro.
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 Active or high-output humbuckers (Fishman Fluence Modern / EMG 81 / Bare Knuckle) for tight, saturated low-tuned chug, the amp EQ above (gain 6, bass 4.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 6, reverb 3), and Tube Screamer-style boost (low gain, high level — tightens the low end before the amp), High-gain amp model: Revv Generator / 5150 / Mesa Rectifier (Quad Cortex capture; NDSP Archetype Gojira/Nameless), Noise gate (ISP Decimator) to control the high-gain chug, Reverb (Boss RV-6) for ambient space; flanger on the clean outro. Then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for the guitar, amp and pedals you actually own so it sits like the record.
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