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Riff Tone

Zero Signal (Colin Richardson Mix)

Fear Factory

Guitarmetal1990s

Original Gear

GuitarIbanez RG7 (7-string, likely RG7620 or similar, as used by Dino Cazares on Demanufacture)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Colin Richardson Mix era, studio recording)

Amp Settings

gain8
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1995 (Demanufacture, Colin Richardson Mix). Dino Cazares used Ibanez 7-string guitars with EMG 81-7 pickups into a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, often boosted with a Tube Screamer-type overdrive. Quad-tracked guitars. No time-based or modulation effects on the riff section; extremely tight, dry, and percussive tone. Effects loop used for noise gate.

Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivescooped midsaggressive palm mutingmachine-like precisionarticulate low endhigh-output, active pickup claritydry, minimal ambiencesaturated but controlled gainfast attackquad-tracked for thickness

Difficulty

The riff requires advanced right-hand stamina and precision for rapid palm-muted chugs, tight alternate picking, and maintaining mechanical timing at a fast tempo.

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