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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800 2203' or 'JCM800 stock'
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
2.5
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Boss SD-1 (level boost)
Drive
1.5
Tone
5.5
Volume
8.5
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800 2203' or 'JCM800 stock'
← Marshall JCM800 2203 (stock)
Gain
6
Bass
4.5
Middle
6
Treble
7.5
Presence
6.5
Plate Reverb
← Sound City studio plate (light)
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
18ms
Mix
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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