How to Dial In "Here to Stay" by Korn - Guitar Tone Settings

Seven-string, tuned A D G C F A D — the whole instrument down a fourth from standard seven-string, which is Korn's signature setup and the reason nothing they wrote transposes onto a six-string convincingly. Logged as a custom tuning because the controlled list has no entry for it. Untouchables was recorded across 2001-02 with Michael Beinhorn on a famously enormous budget, and it is the band's most polished-sounding record: the guitars are layered and tightly gated rather than raw. Head and Munky play different parts that interlock rather than doubling, and much of the tension comes from muted, percussive scrapes and the huge space between hits. Scoop the mids hard, keep the low end big but gated, and resist adding gain — at this tuning excess distortion turns the low A into undefined rumble.