No. 2061984·heavy-metal·5 blocks
We Rock
The fastest thing Campbell recorded with Dio, and the clearest example of why his rig was built the way it was. He has been blunt about it: the JCM800 did not have enough distortion on its own, so he front-loaded it with an absurdly hot pickup and a Boss overdrive. At this tempo that inversion earns its keep -- the boost tightens the low end before the amp ever sees it, which is the only reason a gallop this quick stays legible instead of collapsing into a wall of Marshall.
The Last in LineSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (1977, refinished matte black)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Noise Gate
Compressor
Green Scream
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800 2203' or 'JCM800 boosted'
Single Delay
Room Reverb
Noise Gate
← Gain-structure housekeeping
Threshold
-58dB
Decay
20s
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
3
Attack
14s
Volume
0
Green Scream
← Boss overdrive (SD-1)
Drive
2
Tone
5.5
Volume
8
Search Rig Exchange for 'Marshall JCM800 2203' or 'JCM800 boosted'
← Marshall JCM800 2203
Gain
7
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Single Delay
← Studio slap
Time
190ms
Feedback
6
Mix
7
Room Reverb
← Caribou Ranch tracking ambience
Decay
0.9s
Predelay
14ms
Mix
11
Engineer's note
File 206
The fastest thing Campbell recorded with Dio, and the clearest example of why his rig was built the way it was. He has been blunt about it: the JCM800 did not have enough distortion on its own, so he front-loaded it with an absurdly hot pickup and a Boss overdrive. At this tempo that inversion earns its keep -- the boost tightens the low end before the amp ever sees it, which is the only reason a gallop this quick stays legible instead of collapsing into a wall of Marshall.
— Vivian Campbell
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