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.
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Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1974, Olympic white)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Tape Preamp Boost
Plexi 100
4x12 Greenback
Tape Delay
Chamber Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
10s
Release
300s
Mix
32
Level
0dB
Tape Preamp Boost
← AIWA TP-1011 tape preamp (boost stage)
Drive
6.5
Tone
6
Level
7.5
Plexi 100
← Marshall Major 200W (modified)
Gain
5
Bass
2.5
Mid
6
Treble
8
Presence
6
Master
7
Sag
6
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Level
0dB
Tape Delay
← AIWA TP-1011 echo section
Time
320ms
Feedback
22
Mix
18
Level
0
Chamber Reverb
← Musicland studio ambience
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
30ms
Mix
20
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
4.8
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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