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To Build a Mountain Amp Settings

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Original Recording Settings

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Original Gear

Guitar
1984 Charvel San Dimas (pre-production custom shop, Kahler-equipped)
Pickups
EMG 81 (bridge) (bridge)
Amplifier
Randall RG100ES (120W solid-state)
Channel
Not specified
Tuning
C# standard (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#)
Pickup Selector
bridge

Kirk's primary amp since the late 1980s. Introduced to it by Dimebag Darrell. Cabinets: Marshall 1960B 4×12 with Celestion Vintage 30s.

Amp Settings

Gain
8.0
Bass
8.0
Mid
4.0
Treble
4.0
Estimated from Kirk's documented Orange Crush EQ preferences (Bass 8, Mids 4, Treble 4 from a later era). No published settings for the Randall.

Effects Chain

→
Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
tuner
→
Boss Metal Zone MT-2 (used as CLEAN BOOST)
boost
→
Dunlop Slash Signature Wah
wah
→
MXR Phase 90
phaser
→
EHX Small Stone Phaser
phaser
→
1.Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner — First in signal chain.
2.Boss Metal Zone MT-2 (used as CLEAN BOOST) — Used as clean boost — level on maximum, distortion on zero, all EQ at 12 o'clock. Not a distortion source.
3.Dunlop Slash Signature Wah
4.MXR Phase 90
5.EHX Small Stone Phaser

Playing Technique

Heavy palm-muted downstrokes in the low frets. Slow, crushing doom-tempo riffing combined with faster hardcore sections. Kirk: 'I've been tuning to B since '88… we made it a point to play everything in the first three or four frets, so it was super fucking low all the time.'

Sources+
  1. Mixdown Magazine gear rundown: Charvel San Dimas, EMG 81, Randall RG100ES confirmed.
  2. Equipboard (Kirk Windstein): full signal chain documentation.
  3. The Guitar Magazine (2007): tuning details — C# standard and Drop B.
  4. RoughEdge.com (2005 interview), SevenString.org: additional gear context.

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