Song → Rig → Your gear

Crack That Tone

The gear behind any song — and how to crack that sound with the amp and pedals you already own. Not just knob settings: the technique, the why, and an honest confidence rating.

Free to download · $8.99/mo to unlock · No spam, launch news only.

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RigMedium · why?
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden · Drop D
The essence
A dark, scooped fuzz over a detuned riff — the exact amp matters less than the tuning and touch.
Amp · Fender-ish clean → fuzz
KNOB(6)GAIN
KNOB(7)BASS
KNOB(4)MID
KNOB(6)TREB
Coaching · the hands
Palm-mute the verse near the bridge; let the chorus ring open. Tone is ~half technique here.
With my gear →
With my gearClose
~80% there
Boss Katana + Big Muff · Drop D
Your chain
Katana — Brown ch · gain 8 · scoop mids
Big Muff — fuzz 7 · tone 3 · level 6
Gaps
No true vintage fuzz — you'll miss the woolly top end.
One upgrade
An affordable Big Muff clone closes the main gap for ~$60.
How it works

Three taps to the tone

01

Search a song

Type it, or connect Spotify / Apple Music and pick from your own library. Confirm it with a 30-second preview.

02

See the rig & the why

Guitars, amps, pedals, signal chain and tuning — plus the technique and a confidence rating. No fake precision.

03

Dial it in on your rig

Tell us what you own once. Every tone comes back as settings for your gear, with honest gaps and one smart upgrade.

◆ Coaching, not just settings

Know why it works

Every incumbent hands you knob numbers. We tell you what the hands do — pickup, picking position, attack, palm-muting — because for song-specific tones, that's often half the sound.

  • Technique + "why" on every result
  • Pickup & picking guidance
  • Confidence rating, honestly labelled
Coaching · the hands
Bridge humbucker. Pick near the bridge with a moderate attack. Palm-mute the verse riff; let the chorus ring — the tone is ~half the hands here.
Confidence · medium
artist rig well documented; per-song chain inferred from era.
From your libraryNow playing
Everlong
Foo Fighters · your Spotify
Drop D→?
2
Times Like These
liked songs
3
Monkey Wrench
liked songs
♪ Music-service integration

Build tones from the music you already love

Connect Spotify or Apple Music and pull tones straight from your liked songs, playlists, and what's playing right now. No typing. None of the incumbents do this.

  • Spotify & Apple Music connect
  • "Now playing → instant tone"
  • Your library becomes your tone queue
▤ Gig Mode

Turn a setlist into a night of tones

For cover, tribute and worship players: load a real setlist, get an ordered stack of tone cards for your rig, and step through them mid-song with big, stage-friendly tap targets.

  • Real setlists via setlist.fm
  • Ordered, quick-switch tone cards
  • Each card dialled to your gear
See Gig Mode →
1
Sultans of Swing
clean · neck pickup
EADGBE
2
Money for Nothing
gated crunch · now
open G
3
Brothers in Arms
ambient lead
EADGBE
Community tone · +142 ▲
"On a Katana, drop mids to 2 and it nails the scoop." — @riffraff
Verified & promoted
approved submissions ground future answers.
▲ Community-verified

A tone database that gets smarter

Submit the settings you dialed in; upvote what works. Approved tones are promoted into the knowledge base that grounds every answer — so the app compounds instead of going stale.

  • Submit & upvote real settings
  • Moderated, then promoted
  • Better answers over time
Pricing

Free to try. One price to unlock.

Download free and browse. Unlock the full engine — rigs, coaching, With My Gear, Gig Mode — for one flat monthly price.

Free

$0
  • Download & browse
  • Sample a marquee tone
  • Full rig + coaching
  • With My Gear
  • Gig Mode
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Crack That Tone

$8.99/mo
  • Unlimited Song → Rig + coaching
  • With My Gear settings
  • Gig Mode setlists
  • Music-service connect
  • Community tones
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