System of a Down guitar tones and amp settings
Settings for 4 System of a Down song pages: Aerials, Chop Suey!, Lonely Day and Toxicity. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.
The amps on the records
- Aerials (guitar): Daron Malakian, Marshall and Mesa Boogie cabinets and heads
- Chop Suey! (guitar): Daron Malakian, Marshall and Mesa Boogie
- Lonely Day (guitar): Daron Malakian, Marshall JMP100
- Toxicity (guitar): Daron Malakian, Marshall and Mesa Boogie cabinets and heads
Each song page cites the source for its gear.
Song pages
Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.
- Aerials (System of a Down) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Chop Suey! (System of a Down) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Lonely Day (System of a Down) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Toxicity (System of a Down) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
