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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive (boost)
Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock, cranked)
Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
Shure SM57
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive (boost)
overdrive
Level
8
Tone
5
Drive
2
Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock, cranked)
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
6
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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