Spiritbox

Perfect Soul guitar tone settings.

Tsunami Sea · 2024 · Metal

Explore Perfect Soul by Spiritbox: an example rig, amp settings and playing tips. Adapt the reference to your own supported gear with Amper.

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RECREATION

Contrasting guitar arrangement

An electric practice arrangement balancing defined distorted accents with ringing upper chord tones.

In your hands

Use lighter picking for the more open voicings and keep reverb below the dry guitar.

Evidence and sources

Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or electric 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

FREE TO EXPLORE

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

Les Paul Standard '60s→RV-6 Reverb→DSL40CR

guitar · Gibson

Les Paul Standard '60s

3-way toggleBridge 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.

pedal · BOSS

RV-6 Reverb

E.Level2Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Reverb output amount.

Tone6Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Reverb tone; algorithm-dependent.

Time3Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Reverb duration; algorithm-dependent.

ModeHallWhy this setting?

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

Effect footswitchOnWhy this setting?

Engage this selected pedal for this section; match the bypassed loudness.

Use INPUT A and OUTPUT A for normal mono dry-plus-reverb sound. Do not use Input B alone, which produces wet-only output.

amp · Marshall

DSL40CR

Classic Gain6Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Classic channel preamp drive.

Classic Volume2Why 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. Classic channel output.

Clean/Crunch buttonCrunchWhy this setting?

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

Also selects Classic channel unless an external two-way footswitch is connected.

Treble6Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. High EQ.

Middle6Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Mid 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. Low EQ.

Tone ShiftOffWhy this setting?

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

Presence6Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Power-stage high-frequency response.

Resonance4Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Power-stage low-frequency response.

Classic Reverb0Why this setting?

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

Normalized knob travel 0-10. Classic channel reverb.

Master SelectMaster 1Why this setting?

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

Master 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. Output when Master 1 selected.

LoopOffWhy this setting?

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

OutputLow (20 W)Why this setting?

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

With no external channel footswitch connected, select the indicated Classic or Ultra mode using its front-panel button. After selecting the mode, select Master 1 and switch Loop off; recalled states may differ. Start both output levels low.

Know the limits

Editorial recreation; these settings have not been listening-tested on your setup.
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.
Hall is an editorial ambience choice; exact recorded reverb type and decay are not stored.
The displayed chain uses the amp input. Delay/reverb before an overdriven preamp will sound different from a post-drive studio effect; start with a low mix.

These are Amper recreation settings, not the artist’s exact knob positions. Amper practice recreation for the named guitar part or electric 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.