I think a couple of things matter most. Hot single-coil pickups (SD Quarter-pounder Tele/strat, Travis Bean/EGC, P90s), mild preamp distortion and very little midrange.

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Updated 07-05-2026

Discography

Music from the film Girl on the Third Floor

2020

Album Credits

Clouded World

Reba Meyers · 2025

Engineer
Clouded World EP

Reba Meyers · 2025

Engineer
Testament

Fire! · 2024

Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer
Nobody Loves You More

Kim Deal · 2024

Recording Engineer
Coast

Kim Deal · 2024

Recording Engineer
A Good Time Pushed

Kim Deal · 2024

Recording Engineer
Anthem

Flogging Molly · 2022

Recording Engineer
In Sisters All and Felony

Brise-Glace · 2020

Engineer
Deforming Lobes

Ty Segall · 2019

Recording Engineer
Life Metal

Sunn O))) · 2019

Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer
Troubled Air

Sunn O))) · 2019

Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer
All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated

Ben Frost · 2018

Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer