Experience the full power of the Dean Costello HMW captured through a premium 4×12 closed-back cabinet loaded with Celestion speakers. This capture delivers crushing low end, aggressive upper mids, and exceptional clarity, making it equally at home with modern death metal, groove metal, metalcore, and progressive metal.
The HMW's articulate gain structure provides tight, percussive palm mutes while maintaining outstanding note definition under high-gain conditions. Every pick attack translates with precision, giving riffs authority and leads a rich, harmonically complex sustain.
Unlike amp-only captures, this NAM profile includes the complete cabinet response, providing a polished, mix-ready tone that requires no additional impulse response.
Cabinet Details
This capture was created using a 4×12 closed-back cabinet loaded with Celestion speakers, with two cabinet variations included:
MAR - 412 – An early 1980s Marshall® 4×12 bottom cabinet retrofitted with 65-Watt Celestion Creamback speakers. This cabinet delivers thick, woody mids, tight bass response, and a smooth high end with classic British character.
Tone Characteristics
Crushing, tight low end
Thick, harmonically rich distortion
Aggressive, articulate midrange
Fast, percussive attack
Clear note separation under heavy gain
Smooth, controlled high frequencies
Mix-ready cabinet response
Perfect For
Modern Metal
Death Metal
Groove Metal
Metalcore
Progressive Metal
Thrash Metal
Hard Rock
Capture Process
Every NAM capture is created using a meticulous profiling process to preserve the authentic feel, dynamics, and harmonic complexity of the original amplifier and cabinet. The Dean Costello HMW was driven exactly as it would be in a professional recording session and captured through the selected 4×12 cabinet using a precision reactive capture workflow.
Each profile is carefully level-matched, monitored, and compared against the original rig to ensure exceptional realism, responsiveness, and consistency.
