No. 0961994·grunge·4 blocks
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.
PurpleSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Telecaster (1960s)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Minotaur
A30 Fawn Brt
2x12 Blue Bell
Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
60s
Release
300s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Minotaur
← S.I.B. VariDrive (warm boost)
Gain
2
Tone
5.5
Level
7
A30 Fawn Brt
← Vox AC30 (clean)
Drive
4.5
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
8
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
Cut
4
2x12 Blue Bell
← Vox AC30 2x12 (Alnico Blue)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio plate (light)
LowCut180Hz
HighCut7500Hz
Mix
14
Decay
0.9s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 096
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.
— Dean DeLeo
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