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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Booster
Crunch
Reverb
Booster
← Boss SD-1 (level boost)
Drive
1.5
Bottom
4
Tone
5.5
Level
8.5
Crunch
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Gain
6
Volume
6.5
Bass
4.5
Middle
6
Treble
7.5
Presence
6.5
Master
6.5
Reverb
← Sound City studio plate (light)
Time
6ms
PreDelay
18ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
10
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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