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Riff Tone
Go Into the Water (Remixed & Remastered)
Metalocalypse: Dethklok
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Explorer (Brendon Small signature, likely Epiphone or Gibson, used in studio)
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (studio recording, 2006 era)
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording for 'Go Into the Water' (Remixed & Remastered), 2006. Brendon Small used his signature Gibson Explorer with EMG pickups into a Marshall JCM800. No evidence of live/touring gear or alternate guitars for this specific riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationchunky low endcrisp and articulate highsmodern metal claritycompressed attackminimal ambiencefocused, controlled distortion
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate picking and tight palm muting at high gain, demanding strong right-hand technique and rhythmic precision typical of modern metal.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Explorer (Brendon Small signature, likely Epiphone or Gibson, used in studio)
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (studio recording, 2006 era)
Amp Settings
gain8
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording for 'Go Into the Water' (Remixed & Remastered), 2006. Brendon Small used his signature Gibson Explorer with EMG pickups into a Marshall JCM800. No evidence of live/touring gear or alternate guitars for this specific riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutinghigh-gain saturationchunky low endcrisp and articulate highsmodern metal claritycompressed attackminimal ambiencefocused, controlled distortion
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate picking and tight palm muting at high gain, demanding strong right-hand technique and rhythmic precision typical of modern metal.