Thrash rhythm, modelled end to end
An SD-1 into a JCM800 into a V30 4x12, all of it captures and an IR. The arrangement the whole genre was built on.
Guitar rig · @olathecaptures · 21 Sept 2026
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Guitar, bridge humbucker
Source
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Boss SD-1 — drive off, level up
Drive
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Marshall JCM800 2203 capture
Amp
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1960A with V30, SM57 cap edge
Cab
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Noise gate, after the amp
utility
The signal chain most thrash rhythm tone comes from, done with captures. Overdrive first as a tightener rather than a distortion, then the amp doing the work, then the cab deciding how much of it you actually hear.
The gate goes after the amp capture, not before. Gating a clean DI and then distorting it gives you a gate that breathes with the picking.
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