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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Telecaster (1960s)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Booster
Clean
Reverb
Booster
← S.I.B. VariDrive (warm boost)
Drive
20
Bottom
50
Tone
55
Level
65
Clean
← Vox AC30 (clean)
Gain
35
Volume
60
Bass
50
Middle
55
Treble
65
Presence
50
Master
60
Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Time
9ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
14
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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