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Alice In Chains

Down In a Hole guitar tone settings.

Dirt (Remastered) · 1992 · Alternative

Explore Down In a Hole by Alice In Chains: an example rig, amp settings and playing tips. Adapt the reference to your own supported gear with Amper.

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RECREATION

Acoustic-style accompaniment

Rounded, lightly textured chord picking.

In your hands

Keep the arpeggios even and avoid heavy saturation.

Evidence and sources

Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or arrangement. Gain, EQ, pickup and effect choices are authored starting points, not documented artist settings or a verified recording rig. No track-specific recording evidence is claimed for this profile. Listening validation on physical gear is pending.

Reference tone

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An authored example rig, not your matched settings or a documented artist preset.

Les Paul Standard '60s→Champion 40

guitar · Gibson

Les Paul Standard '60s

3-way toggleNeck humbuckerWhy this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Neck volume10Why this setting?

Set pickup output here. Both volumes stay available so the middle selector position is not accidentally muted.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Neck pickup output.

Bridge volume10Why this setting?

Set pickup output here. Both volumes stay available so the middle selector position is not accidentally muted.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bridge pickup output.

Neck tone8Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Neck treble roll-off.

Bridge tone8Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bridge treble roll-off.

amp · Fender

Champion 40

CH SelectChannel 1Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Volume 12Why this setting?

Start with output at minimum, then raise toward this low starting position to suit your room; knob position is not loudness.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Clean channel output.

Treble6Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Treble EQ.

Bass4Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Bass EQ.

FX Level0Why this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Selected effect amount.

FX SelectOffWhy this setting?

Editorial starting point, not a measured reproduction. Compare at equal listening volume and adjust by ear.

Choose the indicated voice and effect labels on the panel. FX Level controls the combined effect mix; this plan chooses one available effect or documented combination.

Know the limits

  • Editorial recreation; these settings have not been listening-tested on your setup.
  • This part uses an acoustic texture. Electric guitar EQ is only an approximation.
  • Champion 40 lacks separate middle controls; the target EQ cannot be matched independently.
  • Pickup output, speakers, room, and studio layering remain differences; the numeric mapping is not an acoustic calibration.
  • This plan uses full humbuckers; a single-coil reference remains a pickup-type compromise.
  • Champion effect timing and mix are approximate starting points; its single FX selector cannot provide every requested effect simultaneously.

These are Amper recreation settings, not the artist’s exact knob positions. The example rig translates this named part’s stored gain, EQ, pickup and effect targets into verified hardware controls. Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or arrangement. Gain, EQ, pickup and effect choices are authored starting points, not documented artist settings or a verified recording rig. No track-specific recording evidence is claimed for this profile. Listening validation on physical gear is pending.