This is my last six string electric guitar. A LP Classic with a 60s style neck in Honeyburst. I bought this around 07/08 and played it almost exclusively for years before going back to Strats. Everything is stock on this except for the jack plate which cracked so I got a metal one.
I’ve always strung it with Skinny Top/Heavy Bottom strings for heavier tones when I switch to Drop D. Right now it’s always tuned to drop D and I’ve been experimenting a lot with making songs with one guitar and the bass in drop D while the others are in standard. It adds just a slight thickness when you play the lower 3 strings. Plus playing in drop D breaks me out of a creative rut sometimes.
I pretty much only run it through my 1312 drive and delays and might get a wah pedal for TOOL and Boris type tones. The pickups break up real nice if I add just a touch of gain or dig in when I pick. Overall its a nice change of pace from all my Fenders.
If you want to sound like Tool may I recommend a Diezel VH4 pedal. I have the mark 2 version that I bought second hand for not too much money, and it really does the trick. I now have that pedal and my '97 Epiphone LP just for playing Tool, which come to think of it I should do more often.
Yeah I know Adam uses their amps. It’s on my radar I just have so many drive pedals lol. My two notes cab simulator has a Tool setting too.