No. 1431979·classic-rock·4 blocks
Refugee
Mike Campbell's gritty, singing lead on Tom Petty's 1979 breakthrough — the part that finally 'just fit that track perfectly' after weeks of trying every guitar. The hero is his modified '72 Telecaster 'Red Dog': two humbuckers plus a Tele bridge single-coil and an onboard 'Destruct' boost that, in his words, lets you 'really knock them down.' Tracked at Sound City and Cherokee by Jimmy Iovine and Shelly Yakus, it's a small cranked Fender pushed into light breakup, sitting in a lush late-'70s LA studio plate.
Damn the TorpedoesSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Modified 1972 Fender Telecaster ('Red Dog')
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck/middle humbuckers (+ Destruct boost)
Strings
Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)
Deluxe Comp
Kinky Boost
Tweed Blues Brt
1x12 US Deluxe
Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← MXR Dyna Comp (era staple)
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
25s
Release
180s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Kinky Boost
← Onboard 'Destruct' boost
Drive
4
Tone
6
Boost
5
Level
6
Tweed Blues Brt
← Cranked tweed Deluxe / blackface Fender
Drive
5
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6.5
Presence
5
ChVol
5
Master
7
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6
Hum
5
Ripple
5
1x12 US Deluxe
← 1x12 Fender combo (Jensen-style)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio plate/chamber
LowCut150Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Mix
18
Decay
1.4s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 143
Mike Campbell's gritty, singing lead on Tom Petty's 1979 breakthrough — the part that finally 'just fit that track perfectly' after weeks of trying every guitar. The hero is his modified '72 Telecaster 'Red Dog': two humbuckers plus a Tele bridge single-coil and an onboard 'Destruct' boost that, in his words, lets you 'really knock them down.' Tracked at Sound City and Cherokee by Jimmy Iovine and Shelly Yakus, it's a small cranked Fender pushed into light breakup, sitting in a lush late-'70s LA studio plate.
— Mike Campbell
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