A lot of the really weird effects stuff was done in mixing.Words by Will Brewster Dissecting the gear behind one of the most revered tones in modern metal. "But for the most part Adam really liked to get feedback by playing in front of his amps and we spent quite a bit of time doing that, it’s such a big part of his sound. We did all kinds of weird shit with interactive effects like Caroline’s Kilobyte and Meteore, which you can step on and latch to do regeneration feedback. There was a lot of experimentation involved with reverbs and room sounds, too. "Once the delay was perfectly in time, it really made sense to me because it opened up this space between the beats that allowed Danny and Justin be clearly heard. Sometimes we would run two or three Boss DD-3 Digital Delays in a row and turn them on or off for different sections. "Adam’s main delay is a Boss DD-3 and as we didn’t track to a click, we spent a lot of time getting the delay in time with Danny’s drums while we overdubbed. Tool's Adam Jones: the 10 guitarists who shaped my sound (Image credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) How did the two of you go about crafting those tones? The record has a lot of heavily effected guitar sounds that make for some major impact points. Adam brought in a Gibson Marauder - which I thought was the ugliest guitar I’d ever seen - but it has the pickups Bill Lawrence designed for Gibson, and it blew my mind how much clarity those pickups had with that five-way varitone switch, you can dial in almost any sound." We ended up using a '60s Gretsch Jet Firebird for some clean stuff, which has that semi-hollow tone and rings differently. "It was nice to have the time to experiment, and those guys are all about whatever it takes and really encouraging of it. "We also ended up using a SoloDallas wireless preamp unit to drive the front of some amps and give a little extra push on some songs.
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I used an MXR Micro Amp +, which gave us a little more EQ flexibility, so I could crack in some top or take out some bottom if needed. "Since the signal was split to at least four heads, I put a pedal in front of everything and it helped shape the front-end of all the amps a bit.
Since the signal was split to at least four heads, I put a pedal in front of everything and it helped shape the front-end of all the amps a bit I brought in the Uberschall for some overall beef and the Riveras for some extra muscle as their EQs are so flexible, and they work nicely for both dirty and clean sounds. "The Marshall fills in the clarity and articulation that’s missing from the Diezel when in high-gain mode. "It’s also highly volatile because of that, but amps seem to sound better when they’re about to explode! It has a thing and it definitely complements how Adam plays.
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The mod gives it a different responsiveness somehow it just feels a bit punchier. It’s actually a modified Diezel that’s had a preamp mod done to it - so it’s the best-sounding Diezel in his arsenal of VH4s. "For this record, we ran the Diezel on channel 3 with a good rock sound, pretty saturated. Could you explain what each one brought to that core sound? The four amps besides the Marshall that were used for the dirty sounds have a lot of sonic overlap.
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