Why is WHITE PONY'S guitar tone so hard to replicate?

Why is Stephen Carpenter's guitar tone on the Deftones album White Pony so hard to replicate?

In this video, I dive head first into what gear Stef was using for this record, how Terry Date produced the album and the last part looks at my attempt to re-create the iconic sound with the tools I have available to me at home.

There seems to be a lot of guess work and misinformation as to what Stef's gear was around this era, so to try and be as accurate as possible, I found an old Guitar One magazine from July 2000 that had a great interview with Stephen talking all about his equipment. I also found an old EQ magazine from August 2000 that has an excellent interview with Terry Date about his recording process.

With the information I managed to uncover from these interviews, I tried my best to re-create these tones at home.

I hope you enjoy this deep dive into White Pony's amazing guitar tone!

WHITE PONY IR
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E5uV...

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The gear I'm using in this video 🎸
GUITAR
Ibanez RG3550MZ GK

AMP
JMP Pro by Nembrini Audio (Not an affiliate link)
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:20 Part 1 - Stef's Gear
04:30 Part 2 - White Pony's Production
07:10 Part 3 - My Attempt
13:21 Example 1
13:54 Example 2
14:26 Example 3
15:08 Example 4
15:36 Example 5
16:07 Outro

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