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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
SD-1 Overdrive
Search Rig Exchange for 'JCM800' or 'Plexi boosted'
Plate Reverb
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Sustain
3
Tone
5
Volume
0
SD-1 Overdrive
← Boss SD-1 (boost)
Drive
0.2
Tone
0.6
Volume
0.8
Search Rig Exchange for 'JCM800' or 'Plexi boosted'
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Gain
6.5
Bass
5
Middle
6.2
Treble
7
Presence
6
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Decay
1.1s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
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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