Type O Negative Amp Settings & Guitar Tone

I Don't Wanna Be Me (2003)

Fernandes Monterey Elite (late-1990s/early-2000s, black with custom green fret markers) — identified from the official 'I Don't Wanna Be Me' video, where Hickey plays a Fernandes single-cut with a Sustainer neck unit and a Seymour Duncan bridge humbucker. Hickey also had a Fernandes Raven Elite Sustainer, a custom Fernandes Revolver X and a Fernandes Dragonfly Pro in rotation in this era; the specific instrument tracked at Systems Two is not documented, so a Fernandes Sustainer-equipped guitar is the best-supported inference. → Mesa

Thick, dark, mid-forward high-gain crunch — saturated but not fizzy, with a heavy low-mid weight that comes from the B tuning rather than from bass EQ. Notably drier, faster and more punk-aggressive than the cavernous doom tones elsewhere on the band's catalogue, with the palm mutes staying percussive and articulate. The subtle slow chorus underneath is the signature ingredient: it widens and slightly detunes the distortion without ever sounding like an obvious modulation effect, giving the rhythm guitar a smeared, faintly seasick edge. Lead tone is the same voicing with more sustain and a touch more ambience, singing and vocal rather than shredding.