My dilemma: I'm looking for a death metal tone similar to Suffocation's on Effigy but combined with Dimebag's Far Beyond era. What I have already: BBE Sonic Maximizer, Rocktron Hush Super C (just bought and it seems to suck the life out of the tone), Furman PQ3 (which I have absolutely no idea how to use, every time I screw with it it sounds like crap), Boss MT2, playing through a shitty Crate halfstack. I'm looking at purchasing a Vader cab and possibly a Randall Cyclone but since their are no dealers around I can't try one out. Any suggestions? I would like to find an amp where I wouldn't need that Boss.

Oh and how the hell should I wire all the rack stuff together and what the hell am I doing with that PQ3?

ditch the mt-2.
dick with your amp's distortion. trust me, you might preffer the mt-2 at low volumes. but once that volume knob goes up, the shitty clean channel on that crate will intensify the thin & brittle metalzone sound. while the amps distortion will actually maintain it's balls and "tone" much better.

put the bbe in the fx loop of the head.. go easy on the intensity of the controls. less is more with these. you'll also want to bosst your mids with the more process and lo contour you throw in.

put the hush super C before the head, turn the hush control up alot(as much as you can before it starts altering tone), turn the gate up to the point it's subtle yet effective(it's a stiff gate so you have to use it sparingly).

the furman eq, you'll want it in the fx loop. adjust this after you've gotten your tone as good as it's going to get from the amp it'self. if you still can't get a good sound out of it. go ahead and sell it.

if you're after dimebag tone. the randall would be a step in the right direction. tight and sharp s.s. gain.

not to huge on vader cabs. from what i read, they sound like a shitty company, but some kick ass bands use them so it's tuff to say.

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