Alice in Chains Amp Settings & Guitar Tone
Jerry Cantrell's tone bridges grunge and metal like nobody else. His Bogner Ecstasy for leads and Marshall JCM800 for rhythms create a dark, emotional sound that's both crushingly heavy and achingly melodic.
Signature Sound
Cantrell's approach combines two amps for different purposes: the Bogner Ecstasy provides smooth, vocal-quality overdrive for his melodic leads, while the Marshall JCM800 delivers tighter crunch for rhythms. His use of a wah pedal as a fixed tone filter adds a crying, human quality. Drop tunings provide darkness, and his restrained, melodic phrasing gives the heavy tone emotional weight.
Featured Tone
Man in the Box (1990)
G&L Rampage → Bogner Fish preamp
Heavy, dark, aggressive grunge/metal tone with prominent wah adding a vocal, squelchy quality to the riff. Thick, saturated but defined. The wah is integral to the song's identity.
Typical Gear & Settings
Average Amp Settings
Amplifiers
- Bogner Ecstasy
- Bogner Fish preamp
Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- G&L Rampage
- G&L Rampage
Pickups
- humbucker
Effects & Pedals
wah
Dunlop Cry Baby (2 songs)
flanger
MXR Flanger (possibly) (1 song)
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