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 · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson Firebird I (1964, modified)
Pickups
single
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Marshall Super Tremolo (1973, 100W)
Fender Twin Reverb (slaved in parallel)
Marshall 4x12 + Fender Twin built-in 2x12
Shure SM57 (one per amp)
Marshall Super Tremolo (1973, 100W)
preamp
Presence
6
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
Volume I
8
Volume II
7
Fender Twin Reverb (slaved in parallel)
preamp
Volume
6
Treble
6
Middle
5
Bass
5
Reverb
3
Speed
0Hz
Intensity
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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