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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Telecaster (1960s)
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
eb_standard
Compressor
Klon Drive
Search Rig Exchange for 'Vox AC30' or 'AC30 Top Boost'
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
3
Attack
0.1s
Volume
0
Klon Drive
← S.I.B. VariDrive (warm boost)
Drive
0.2
Tone
0.6
Volume
0.7
Search Rig Exchange for 'Vox AC30' or 'AC30 Top Boost'
← Vox AC30 (clean)
Gain
4.5
Bass
5
Middle
5.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate (light)
Decay
0.9s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
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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