Interstate Love Song
The jangling clean intro that opens Stone Temple Pilots' biggest hit. Dean DeLeo tracked the arpeggiated figure on a vintage Fender Telecaster through a clean Vox AC30, with an S.I.B. VariDrive tube pedal nudged in for warmth — the one effect documented on the intro. The heavier chorus switched to his '57 Gibson Les Paul TV Special and a Demeter-into-VHT rig. Recorded at Southern Tracks in Atlanta with Brendan O'Brien, in Eb standard tuning.
Purple
What we checked
Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works
Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
- Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
- Quad Cortex 6 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Klon, UK 30 TopBoost, 2x12 Blue, Plate, Tilt EQ. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
- Katana 3 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
Which ones
Replaced with a stand-in: Clean, Booster, Reverb. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.
What we didn't check
- Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
- The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
- No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
- 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.
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