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 · 8 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (1977, refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Yellow Drive
Brit 2203
4x12 Greenback
Digital Delay
Room Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Studio compression on the clean intro
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
8s
Release
220s
Mix
55
Level
1dB
Yellow Drive
← Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive (level boost)
Drive
1.5
Tone
5
Level
8
Brit 2203
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Gain
7
Bass
4
Mid
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
6
Sag
4.5
4x12 Greenback
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut5200Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Studio delay on the intro
Time
300ms
Feedback
15
Mix
14
Level
0
Room Reverb
← Sound City tracking-room ambience
Decay
1.1s
Predelay
22ms
Mix
15
Level
0
Graphic EQ
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
5.2
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
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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