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.
🎛️ Adapt this tone to YOUR guitar & amp — free →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.
low 8-string / drop tuning with heavy strings, tight palm-muted syncopated djent rhythms, controlling the huge soft-to-heavy dynamic shifts, dialling a boosted high-gain tone that stays articulate. GuitarToneAdapt gets the tone right so you can focus on the playing.
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