No. 2021983·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Don't Talk to Strangers
The most dynamic track on Holy Diver, and Campbell plays it on exactly the same one-guitar-one-Marshall rig as the rest of the record. A JCM800 2203 is a single-channel amp -- there is no clean channel to switch to -- so the whispered arpeggios that open the song are a cranked Marshall with the Les Paul's volume rolled back to around 3. That is why they still have grain and bloom instead of sounding sterile, and why the explosion into the heavy section needs nothing but the volume knob.
Holy DiverSignal path · input → output · 6 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (1977, refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Compressor
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800 2203' or 'JCM800 stock'
Single Delay
Room Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression on the clean intro
Intensity
5
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive (level boost)
Drive
1.5
Tone
5
Volume
8
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800 2203' or 'JCM800 stock'
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Gain
7
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Single Delay
← Studio delay on the intro
Time
300ms
Feedback
15
Mix
14
Room Reverb
← Sound City tracking-room ambience
Decay
1.1s
Predelay
22ms
Mix
15
Engineer's note
File 202
The most dynamic track on Holy Diver, and Campbell plays it on exactly the same one-guitar-one-Marshall rig as the rest of the record. A JCM800 2203 is a single-channel amp -- there is no clean channel to switch to -- so the whispered arpeggios that open the song are a cranked Marshall with the Les Paul's volume rolled back to around 3. That is why they still have grain and bloom instead of sounding sterile, and why the explosion into the heavy section needs nothing but the volume knob.
— Vivian Campbell
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