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
Clean
Delay
Reverb
Clean
← Music Man 410-65 (clean)
Gain
30
Volume
60
Bass
50
Middle
50
Treble
65
Presence
55
Master
60
Delay
← 15-ips tape delay
Time
90ms
Feedback
12
EffectLevel
12
Reverb
← EMT plate (Record Plant)
Time
18ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
55
EffectLevel
22
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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