No. 1981976·hard-rock·4 blocks
Stargazer
Blackmore's most ambitious solo, cut at Musicland in Munich in February 1976 with Martin Birch and 28 members of the Munich Philharmonic. The rig is deceptively simple: a scalloped Olympic-white Strat into an AIWA TP-1011 reel-to-reel used as a preamp and echo, then into a 200-watt Marshall Major. That tape preamp is the secret -- it boosts and saturates before the amp, which is how a Strat sustains like that over two chords of A minor and G.
RisingSignal path · input → output · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1974, Olympic white)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Kinky Boost
Scream 808
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Transistor Tape
Chamber
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
55s
Release
300s
Mix
32
Level
0dB
Kinky Boost
← AIWA TP-1011 tape preamp (boost stage)
Gain
6.5
Tone
6
Level
7.5
Scream 808
← Modern lead boost (alternate)
Gain
3
Tone
6
Level
7
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Major 200W (modified)
Drive
5
Bass
2.5
Mid
6
Treble
8
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Resonance
5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← AIWA TP-1011 echo section
LowCut200Hz
HighCut3800Hz
Time
320ms
Feedback
22
Mix
18
Level
0
Chamber
← Musicland studio ambience
LowCut150Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
20
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
30ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 198
Blackmore's most ambitious solo, cut at Musicland in Munich in February 1976 with Martin Birch and 28 members of the Munich Philharmonic. The rig is deceptively simple: a scalloped Olympic-white Strat into an AIWA TP-1011 reel-to-reel used as a preamp and echo, then into a 200-watt Marshall Major. That tape preamp is the secret -- it boosts and saturates before the amp, which is how a Strat sustains like that over two chords of A minor and G.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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