No. 0521973·southern-rock·4 blocks
Free Bird
The blueprint southern-rock outro solo. Allen Collins played the entire four-minute Free Bird outro himself on a modified 1964 Gibson Firebird I run through a slaved Marshall Super Tremolo + Fender Twin Reverb rig — Marshall grind for sustain, Fender Twin for clarity, both pushing the same Strat-into-cab signal. The solo was tracked in two takes and double-tracked for stereo width. No pedals, no boost — just two cranked amps in parallel.
Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérdSignal path · input → output · 6 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Gibson Firebird I (1964, modified)
Pickups
single
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
1959SLP
4x12 Green 25W
Spring Reverb
Graphic EQ
Studio Comp
← Light parallel compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2.5:1
Attack
0.1s
Release
0.3s
Mix
0.5
Level
0dB
1959SLP
← Marshall Super Tremolo (1973, 100W)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6.5
Presence
6
MV
7
Cut
0
4x12 Green 25W
← Marshall 4x12 with Celestion G12M-25 Greenback
LowCut100Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Level
0dB
Spring Reverb
← Fender Twin Reverb spring tank (parallel amp)
Mix
0.2
Decay
1.5s
Predelay
20ms
Graphic EQ
← Global brightness adjustment
100Hz
0
330Hz
0
1kHz
1
3.3kHz
1
10kHz
0
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 052
The blueprint southern-rock outro solo. Allen Collins played the entire four-minute Free Bird outro himself on a modified 1964 Gibson Firebird I run through a slaved Marshall Super Tremolo + Fender Twin Reverb rig — Marshall grind for sustain, Fender Twin for clarity, both pushing the same Strat-into-cab signal. The solo was tracked in two takes and double-tracked for stereo width. No pedals, no boost — just two cranked amps in parallel.
— Allen Collins
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