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.
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Guitar
Gibson ES-175
Pickups
HH
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Double Verb Nrm
4x10 Tweed
Plate
Tape Delay
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
12s
Release
200s
Mix
0.6
Level
0dB
Double Verb Nrm
← Music Man 410-65 (clean)
Drive
3.5
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
MV
7.5
Cut
4
4x10 Tweed
← Music Man 4x10 (built-in)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut11000Hz
Level
0dB
Plate
← EMT plate (Record Plant)
Mix
0.2
Decay
1.8s
Predelay
0.0ms
Tape Delay
← 15-ips tape delay
Time
90ms
Feedback
12
Mix
0.1
Filter 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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