No. 1742012·sludge-metal·4 blocks

Take My Bones Away

Baroness's big anthemic turn -- the lead single from 2012's Yellow & Green and their first mainstream-rock chart hit. Working again with producer John Congleton, the band deliberately swapped Gibson Les Pauls for Fender single-coils because Congleton had them in the studio, chasing a brighter, more vulnerable jangle under the soaring chorus. The amps run clean and the dirt comes entirely from pedals -- a Pro Co RAT and a modded Big Muff into Bad Cat and Matamp 'Green' heads.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Fender Telecaster / Jazzmaster (single-coil)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Down-tuned, B-minor tonality (exact tuning unverified)
Studio Comp
Rat Dist
Class-A 30W TB
4x12 Brit V30
Digital Delay
Plate
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-26dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
15s
Release
200s
Mix
0.5
Level
0dB
Rat Dist
← Pro Co RAT
Distortion
Drive
5
Tone
5
Level
6
Class-A 30W TB
← Bad Cat / Matamp 'Green' (clean)
Amp
Drive
3
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
MV
6
4x12 Brit V30
← Emperor / Matamp 4x12
Cab
LowCut95Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Lead/chorus ambience
Delay
Time
380ms
Feedback
16
Mix
0.1
Plate
← Studio plate
Reverb
Mix
0.2
Decay
2s
Predelay
18ms

Engineer's note

File 174
Baroness's big anthemic turn -- the lead single from 2012's Yellow & Green and their first mainstream-rock chart hit. Working again with producer John Congleton, the band deliberately swapped Gibson Les Pauls for Fender single-coils because Congleton had them in the studio, chasing a brighter, more vulnerable jangle under the soaring chorus. The amps run clean and the dirt comes entirely from pedals -- a Pro Co RAT and a modded Big Muff into Bad Cat and Matamp 'Green' heads.
John Baizley

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