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 · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit 2204
4x12 1960 V30
Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Studio noise gate (FRFR essential)
Threshold
-54dB
Decay
0.2s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
30s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Boss SD-1 (level boost)
Gain
1.5
Tone
5.5
Level
8.5
Brit 2204
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Drive
6
Bass
4.5
Mid
6
Treble
7.5
Presence
6.5
ChVol
6.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
4.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 1960 V30
← Marshall 4x12 (Celestion-loaded)
LowCut100Hz
HighCut10000Hz
Resonance
5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Sound City studio plate (light)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
10
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
18ms
Level
0
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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