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Riff Tone
Within Destruction
As I Lay Dying
Guitarmetal2000s
Original Gear
GuitarESP LTD EC-1000 (likely, based on era and band interviews for this album)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (studio recording, 2007 An Ocean Between Us era)
Amp Settings
gain9
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2007. No direct source for this exact song, but all available interviews and live photos from this era show Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso using ESP guitars with EMG pickups into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifiers for rhythm tracks. No evidence of alternate gear for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingscooped midshigh-gain saturationarticulate low endcutting high endminimal ambiencemodern metalcore attackcontrolled feedbackfocused, clear rhythm
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, precise alternate picking and palm muting at high speed, with tight timing and complex rhythm changes typical of modern metalcore.
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Original Gear
GuitarESP LTD EC-1000 (likely, based on era and band interviews for this album)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (studio recording, 2007 An Ocean Between Us era)
Amp Settings
gain9
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2007. No direct source for this exact song, but all available interviews and live photos from this era show Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso using ESP guitars with EMG pickups into Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifiers for rhythm tracks. No evidence of alternate gear for this riff section.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingscooped midshigh-gain saturationarticulate low endcutting high endminimal ambiencemodern metalcore attackcontrolled feedbackfocused, clear rhythm
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, precise alternate picking and palm muting at high speed, with tight timing and complex rhythm changes typical of modern metalcore.