Limp Bizkit guitarist and nu metal’s snappiest dresser Wes Borland has debuted a new digital amp and effects suite in partnership with STL Tones.
Tonality: Wes Borland, the sixth entry in STL’s Tonality series, is based on the amplifiers and pedals from Borland’s own touring rig, enabling guitarists to experiment with Borland’s own tones, and recreate the teeth-rattling riffs of Break Stuff, Nookie and more.

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“Developed in collaboration with Wes Borland, this signature guitar plugin suite accurately captures the sonic and visual anarchy that Wes has become so distinctly renowned for,” STL promises.
“Using the most advanced hardware modelling algorithms, STL’s software uses internal circuit tracing from the schematics of the amplifiers Wes uses playing live and in the studio, as well as his favourite overdrive pedals, effects, and personal guitar cabinets.”

Three amps are included in Tonality: Wes Borland. First is the Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus, a mainstay of Borland’s touring rig used for his clean tone. There’s also the Diezel VH4, a versatile and heavy amp that was employed by many nu metal giants in the early noughties. Finally comes the Selmer Zodiac 50 MKII Tremolo, which Borland has for his edge-of-breakup tone.
The plugin also features five pedals. The Mini Filter is based on the Electro-Harmonix Mini Q-Tron, which Borland uses for his wah. The Big Wezz is inspired by the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal. There’s also the Borland Delay, which is based on the Dunlop Echoplex delay pedal. Lastly there’s the WB7 Chorus/Flanger, which STL says “is capable of warm, vintage choral tones to morphing flange sounds”, and the Digital Delay WB-8, based on the Boss DD-8.

STL Tones meticulously studied Borland’s rig and playing to make the new plugin; the company measured each amplifier in his live setup using five microphones in 156 different positions to get as close as possible to the nu metal master’s sound.
The company has previously made Tonality plugins in collaboration with Will Putney (Fit for an Autopsy/End/Better Lovers), Josh Middleton (Sylosis/ex-Architects), Andy James (Five Finger Death Punch), and producers Howard Benson and Lasse Lammert.
For more information on Tonality: Wes Borland, head to STL Tones.

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