No. 0971976·classic-rock·5 blocks
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
The shimmering clean riff that drives Blue Öyster Cult's classic. Buck Dharma cut it not on his signature SG but on co-producer Murray Krugman's hollowbody Gibson ES-175, chosen for its warmer, woodier jangle, through a clean Music Man 410-65 combo at the Record Plant in New York. The shimmer comes from the hollowbody plus an EMT plate and a 15-ips tape delay tracked live — not a chorus pedal. Standard tuning, A-minor riff.
Agents of FortuneSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson ES-175
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
US Double Nrm
4x10 Tweed P10R
Plate
Tube Echo
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
60s
Release
300s
Mix
55
Level
0dB
US Double Nrm
← Music Man 410-65 (clean)
Drive
3.5
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
ChVol
6
Master
9
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x10 Tweed P10R
← Music Man 4x10 (built-in)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← EMT plate (Record Plant)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
22
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tube Echo
← 15-ips tape delay
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Time
90ms
Feedback
12
Mix
12
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 097
The shimmering clean riff that drives Blue Öyster Cult's classic. Buck Dharma cut it not on his signature SG but on co-producer Murray Krugman's hollowbody Gibson ES-175, chosen for its warmer, woodier jangle, through a clean Music Man 410-65 combo at the Record Plant in New York. The shimmer comes from the hollowbody plus an EMT plate and a 15-ips tape delay tracked live — not a chorus pedal. Standard tuning, A-minor riff.
— Buck Dharma
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