No. 2001983·heavy-metal·4 blocks
Stand Up and Shout
The first thirty seconds of Dio's solo career, and the whole rig is a hot Les Paul into a rented Marshall. Vivian Campbell cut Holy Diver at Sound City in 1983 on his matte-black Les Paul Deluxe with a DiMarzio X2N, boosted into a stock JCM800. Where the title track is about singing lead sustain, this opener is about attack: the same chain set drier and tighter so the driving eighth-note riff keeps its edge under Ronnie's first entrance.
Holy DiverSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
TS808 OD
Brit 800
4x12 Marshall V30
Plate
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
30s
Release
200s
Mix
0.3
Level
0dB
TS808 OD
← Boss SD-1 (level boost)
Drive
1.5
Tone
5.5
Level
8.5
Brit 800
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Drive
6
Bass
4.5
Mid
6
Treble
7.5
Presence
6.5
MV
6.5
4x12 Marshall V30
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut100Hz
HighCut10000Hz
Level
0dB
Plate
← Sound City studio plate (light)
Mix
0.1
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
18ms
Filter Tilt
← Global tilt EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 200
The first thirty seconds of Dio's solo career, and the whole rig is a hot Les Paul into a rented Marshall. Vivian Campbell cut Holy Diver at Sound City in 1983 on his matte-black Les Paul Deluxe with a DiMarzio X2N, boosted into a stock JCM800. Where the title track is about singing lead sustain, this opener is about attack: the same chain set drier and tighter so the driving eighth-note riff keeps its edge under Ronnie's first entrance.
— Vivian Campbell
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