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.
Yellow & GreenSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Fender Telecaster / Jazzmaster (single-coil)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Down-tuned, B-minor tonality (exact tuning unverified)
Studio Comp
Vermin Dist
Match D30
4x12 V30
Digital Delay
Plate Reverb
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-26dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
15s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Vermin Dist
← Pro Co RAT
Drive
5
Tone
5
Level
6
Match D30
← Bad Cat / Matamp 'Green' (clean)
Gain
3
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
6
Sag
6
4x12 V30
← Emperor / Matamp 4x12
LowCut95Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Lead/chorus ambience
Time
380ms
Feedback
16
Mix
12
Level
0
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate
Decay
2s
Predelay
18ms
Mix
20
Level
0
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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