No. 1702006·stoner-metal·4 blocks
Open Casket
The crushing opener of The Sword's 2006 debut Age of Winters -- the record that helped relaunch riff-first retro doom for a new generation. J.D. Cronise tracked it DIY in Austin, self-produced, tuned two whole steps down to C standard. The voice is a thick, mid-rich British high-gain crunch: live, Cronise runs a 1979 Gibson Explorer into a cranked Orange OR100 and a 4x12 of Vintage 30s, but the debut itself was cut on a borrowed Laney AOR pushed by a Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master.
Age of WintersSignal path · input → output · 7 blocksLive values · Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Guitar
1979 Gibson Explorer E2 (DiMarzio Super Distortion)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
C standard (C-F-A#-D#-G-C) -- 2 whole steps down
Gate
Studio Comp
Vermin Dist
Brit 2203
2x12 Orange V30
Room Reverb
Gate
← Down-tuned hum control
Threshold
-62dB
Decay
40s
Studio Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
50s
Release
200s
Mix
30
Level
0dB
Vermin Dist
← Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master
Drive
5.5
Tone
6
Level
6
Brit 2203
← Laney AOR 100 / Orange OR100
Gain
7
Bass
6
Mid
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
Master
7
Sag
5
2x12 Orange V30
← Orange 4x12 (V30)
LowCut95Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Level
0dB
Room Reverb
← DIY tracking-room ambience
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
14ms
Mix
12
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 170
The crushing opener of The Sword's 2006 debut Age of Winters -- the record that helped relaunch riff-first retro doom for a new generation. J.D. Cronise tracked it DIY in Austin, self-produced, tuned two whole steps down to C standard. The voice is a thick, mid-rich British high-gain crunch: live, Cronise runs a 1979 Gibson Explorer into a cranked Orange OR100 and a 4x12 of Vintage 30s, but the debut itself was cut on a borrowed Laney AOR pushed by a Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master.
— J.D. Cronise
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