No. 0721983·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Holy Diver
The riff and singing solo that launched Dio's solo career. Vivian Campbell recorded Holy Diver at Sound City Studios in 1983 on a wine-red Gibson Les Paul Deluxe he'd refinished matte black — loaded with a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge — pushed by a Boss SD-1 into a stock, cranked Marshall JCM800. No rack, no scoop: just a hot Les Paul and a Marshall on the edge, which is why the leads sound so vocal. Standard tuning.
Holy DiverSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Booster
Lead
Reverb
Booster
← Boss SD-1 (boost)
Drive
20
Bottom
50
Tone
55
Level
85
Lead
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Gain
65
Volume
65
Bass
50
Middle
62
Treble
70
Presence
60
Master
60
Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Time
11ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
12
Engineer's note
File 072
The riff and singing solo that launched Dio's solo career. Vivian Campbell recorded Holy Diver at Sound City Studios in 1983 on a wine-red Gibson Les Paul Deluxe he'd refinished matte black — loaded with a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge — pushed by a Boss SD-1 into a stock, cranked Marshall JCM800. No rack, no scoop: just a hot Les Paul and a Marshall on the edge, which is why the leads sound so vocal. Standard tuning.
— Vivian Campbell
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