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Riff Tone

Teething

Deftones

Guitarmetal1990s

Original Gear

GuitarESP M-II (early 90s, likely with stock pickups or EMG 81 bridge)
AmpMarshall JMP-1 MIDI Preamp into Marshall EL34 100/100 Power Amp

Amp Settings

gain8.5
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1997 (song released on 'The Crow: City of Angels' soundtrack and as a single); Stephen Carpenter is confirmed to have used the Marshall JMP-1/EL34 100/100 rack setup for this era. No evidence of live gear or alternate guitars for this specific recording.

Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivesaturated high-gainchunky low endfocused midrangearticulate attackminimal ambienceclear note separationaggressive palm mutingmodern metal rhythmdry, in-your-face sound

Difficulty

The riff requires fast, tight alternate picking with aggressive palm muting and precise rhythm, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.

This tone has been researched 3 times by the community

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